Anuwa Surname
Approximately 442 people bear this surname
Anuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 314 | 1:564,149 | 27,398 |
| Malaysia | 86 | 1:342,956 | 18,348 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Anuwa (758) may also be a first name.
Anuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Anuwa (Hindi: अनूवा) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Anuwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 675,256th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 16,487,660 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Anuwa reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Anuwa is also the 298,355th most commonly occurring forename world-wide, borne by 758 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 314 people, or 1 in 564,149. In Nigeria Anuwa is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 53 percent live, Bauchi, where 10 percent live and Adamawa, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 19 percent live and Indonesia, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Anuwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Anuwa in the Hindi language | ||
| अनूवा | anuva | 50 |
| अनुवा | anuva | 50 |
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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 Anuwa
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