Anawana Surname

1,637,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Anawana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Anawana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1031:1,719,83363,088
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
England51:11,143,612252,590
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Anawana (63) may also be a first name.

Anawana Last Name Facts

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

Anawana is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Anawana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Anawana is the 1,637,889th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Anawana are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 84 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,234,572nd most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 63 people.

This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 1,719,833. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Oyo, where 17 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 16 percent live and Enugu, where 15 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 4 percent live and England, where 4 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
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  • 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 Anawana
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