Anwa Surname
Approximately 2,218 people bear this surname
Anwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 1,612 | 1:110,821 | 3,391 |
| Nigeria | 426 | 1:415,828 | 21,624 |
| Malaysia | 52 | 1:567,197 | 27,732 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Anwa (1,750) may also be a first name.
Anwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Anwa is found most frequently in Pakistan. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Anwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Anwa? popularity and diffusion
Anwa is the 190,320th most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,285,638 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 78 percent of Anwa are found; 73 percent are found in South Asia and 73 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Anwa is also the 183,133rd most prevalent given name worldwide It is held by 1,750 people.
The surname is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is held by 1,612 people, or 1 in 110,821. In Pakistan Anwa is primarily found in: Punjab, where 89 percent live, Sindh, where 7 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 3 percent live. Beside Pakistan it exists in 28 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 19 percent live and Malaysia, where 2 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
- 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 Anwa
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