Anawoye Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Belize

Anawoye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Anawoye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1231:1,440,18555,603
Belize11:355,4743,977

Anawoye Last Name Facts

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

Anawoye is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Anawoye? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,620,164th most prevalent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Anawoye live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Anawoye is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 1,440,185. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ondo, where 85 percent reside, Osun, where 8 percent reside and Ekiti, where 4 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Anawoye is found in one country. It also occurs in Belize, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Anawoye
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