Alawuni Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Alawuni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Alawuni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alawuni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alawuni is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Alawuni click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alawuni? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Alawuni is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Alawuni reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Alawuni is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Alawuni is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 83 percent live and Osun, where 17 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olawuni | 86 | 5,149 | / |
| Alawini | 86 | 4 | / |
| Alabuni | 86 | 1 | / |
| Olawunni | 80 | 203 | / |
| Olawunyi | 80 | 48 | / |
| Olawumni | 80 | 5 | / |
| Olauwuni | 80 | 1 | / |
| Halawoni | 80 | 1 | / |
| Golawuni | 80 | 1 | / |
| Halabouni | 75 | 375 | / |
| Ailabouni | 75 | 339 | / |
| Allabouni | 75 | 2 | / |
| Alawine | 71 | 102 | / |
| Olawune | 71 | 5 | / |
| Alawone | 71 | 3 | / |
| Elawini | 71 | 2 | / |
| Olawuna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Allawouney | 71 | 1 | / |
| Olowuni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Olawonyi | 67 | 61 | / |
| Olyawuna | 67 | 5 | / |
| Alowonie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Allawine | 67 | 2 | / |
| Olowunyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alyawona | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eilabuni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elaiwune | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Alawuni
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