Alawo Surname
Approximately 2,574 people bear this surname
Alawo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,803 | 1:98,249 | 6,708 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| DR Congo | 239 | 1:309,120 | 27,984 |
| Benin | 35 | 1:295,303 | 24,440 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Kenya | 19 | 1:2,430,521 | 36,895 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Alawo (299) may also be a first name.
Alawo Demographics
Alawo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Alawo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alawo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alawo is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alawo? popularity and diffusion
Alawo is the 167,978th most numerous surname globally, held by around 1 in 2,831,214 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Alawo live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 509,704th most frequent given name in the world, borne by 299 people.
Alawo is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,803 people, or 1 in 98,249. In Nigeria Alawo is most numerous in: Lagos, where 11 percent live, Kogi, where 9 percent live and Niger, where 7 percent live. Beside Nigeria it is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 16 percent live and The DR Congo, where 9 percent live.
Alawo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (62%) in Nigeria.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Alawo
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