Anawaya Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Anawaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
The alternate forms: Añawaya (1) are calculated separately.
Anawaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anawaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Anawaya occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Añawaya. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Anawaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Anawaya live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Anawaya is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 2,967,010. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon Anawaya exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Anawaya
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