Anawa Surname
Approximately 225 people bear this surname
Anawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 60 | 1:346,151 | 31,109 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Papua New Guinea | 40 | 1:203,843 | 28,184 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Malaysia | 22 | 1:1,340,647 | 57,034 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Anawa (116) may also be a first name.
Anawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Anawa (Arabic: انوا, Marathi: अनवा) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Anawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Anawa is the 1,092,155th most widely held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 32,389,093 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Anawa live; 44 percent live in Central Africa and 44 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 868,627th most prevalent forename throughout the world. It is borne by 116 people.
The last name Anawa is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 346,151. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Southwest Region, where 32 percent live, Centre Region, where 28 percent live and Northwest Region, where 20 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 18 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent live.
Anawa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Anawa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Anawa last name grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Anawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Anawa in the Marathi language | ||
| अनवा | anava | - |
| Anawa in the Arabic language | ||
| انوا | anwa | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Anawa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis