Amawal Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Amawal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amawal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger381:505,05313,208
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Amawal (14) may also be a first name.

Amawal Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Amawal Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Amawal has its highest incidence in Niger. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Amawal? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,055,934th most widespread family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name Amawal occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Amawal live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most common first name globally, borne by 14 people.

It is most frequent in Niger, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 505,053. In Niger Amawal is most prevalent in: Tahoua Region, where 63 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 34 percent are found and Agadez Region, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Niger this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 2 percent are found and Morocco, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aimawal9212/
Ammawal926/
Amhawal924/
Aymawal922/
Amawale921/
Asmawail861/
Hamawalt861/
Amaval8311/
Omawal833/
Amawol832/
Emawal831/
Amabal831/
Amowal831/
Amavale7727/
Gamaval7714/
Omawale7713/
Hamabal777/
Amoywal771/
Amouwal771/
Aimaval771/
Amewaaal714/
Ammouwal711/
Hamabhal711/
Amasvale711/
Hammabal711/
Omaval677/
Emaval672/
Aumaivale671/
Ahamavale671/
Ameval671/
Omowale621,018/
Omawole627/
Homaval627/
Amhabol626/
Homabal625/
Omavale622/
Gamoval621/
Osmaval621/
Amahboul579/
Amouwoul571/
Omowealth531/
Omoval501/

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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 Amawal
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