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
The surname Amawa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺎﻭﺓ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amawa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 761,666th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 19,433,456 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Amawa reside; 42 percent reside in West Africa and 38 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 868,627th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 116 people.
Amawa is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 99 people, or 1 in 1,789,321. In Nigeria it is most common in: Borno, where 37 percent are found, Taraba, where 24 percent are found and Gombe, where 18 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 23 percent are found and Cameroon, where 17 percent are found.
Amawa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Amawa surname is predominantly 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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