Anwai Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Anwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Anwai (29) may also be a first name.
Anwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Anwai is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Anwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Anwai is the 2,635,433rd most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 54 percent of Anwai live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most widespread forename worldwide. It is borne by 29 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria Anwai is mostly found in: Kaduna, where 93 percent reside and Lagos, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Anwai is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 41 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 4 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 Anwai
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