Anarawa Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Anarawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Anarawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552

Anarawa (47) may also be a first name.

Anarawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Anarawa is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Anarawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Anarawa is the 7,593,402nd most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Anarawa are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Anarawa is also the 1,467,136th most frequently held given name at a global level, borne by 47 people.

Anarawa is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ogun, where 60 percent live, Kebbi, where 20 percent live and Sokoto, where 20 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in Mauritius, where 17 percent live.

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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 Anarawa
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