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 last name Amawa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺎﻭﺓ) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Amawa is the 761,666th most frequent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 19,433,456 people. This surname 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 frequently occurring first name globally, held by 116 people.
Amawa is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 1,789,321. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Borno, where 37 percent live, Taraba, where 24 percent live and Gombe, where 18 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 23 percent live and Cameroon, where 17 percent live.
Amawa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name 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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