Amauwa Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Amauwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 120 | 1:1,476,190 | 56,575 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Amauwa (12) may also be a first name.
Amauwa Demographics
Average Amauwa Salary in
United States
$85,938 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Amauwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amauwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amauwa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amauwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amauwa is the 1,491,356th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. The last name Amauwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Amauwa live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 12 people.
The surname Amauwa is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 120 people, or 1 in 1,476,190. In Nigeria it is most common in: Abia, where 54 percent live, Enugu, where 16 percent live and Lagos, where 11 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
Amauwa Last Name Statistics demography
Amauwa earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 99.17% more than the national average, earning $85,938 USD per year.
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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 Amauwa
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