Amawa Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Amawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 99 | 1:1,789,321 | 64,938 |
| Kenya | 88 | 1:524,772 | 26,127 |
| Cameroon | 65 | 1:319,524 | 29,358 |
| Papua New Guinea | 58 | 1:140,581 | 19,337 |
| Benin | 45 | 1:229,680 | 20,839 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Amawa (116) may also be a first name.
Amawa Demographics
Amawa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Amawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amawa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺎﻭﺓ) is most common in Nigeria. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 761,666th most commonly held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 19,433,456 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Amawa are found; 42 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 868,627th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 116 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 1,789,321. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Borno, where 37 percent live, Taraba, where 24 percent live and Gombe, where 18 percent live. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 23 percent live and Cameroon, where 17 percent live.
Amawa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Amawa surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amawa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺎﻭﺓ | amawt | - |
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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 Amawa
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