Anwanga Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Anwanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Anwanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria391:4,542,122122,724
Cameroon151:1,384,60580,726
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Anwanga (464) may also be a first name.

Anwanga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Anwanga is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Anwanga? popularity and diffusion

The last name Anwanga is the 2,605,694th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. Anwanga is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Anwanga live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 395,684th most frequent given name world-wide, borne by 464 people.

It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 82 percent are found, Ebonyi, where 10 percent are found and Rivers, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 27 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Anwatenga881/
Amwanga86166/
Onwanga8697/
Anwango8645/
Anwange8629/
Anwangi861/
Anbanga861/
Anhwange80121/
Enwangha802/
Anwhange801/
Aumwanga801/
Anwanger801/
Anwuange801/
Anuang'a801/
Onwuangha751/
Anweanege751/
Hamwaanga751/
Onwonga711,911/
Ambanga71386/
Omwanga7116/
Anwongo719/
Onwangi716/
Onwango713/
Onuanga712/
Enwango711/
Onwong'a671,411/
Ambangay6712/
Amwanget6710/
Ambangau678/
Anvanger676/
Onwangot674/
Ambangga671/
Amhwange671/
Anvangee671/
Onwangho671/
Omwangat671/
Anbongha671/
Onwanghe671/
Onwon'ga671/
Omwaunga671/

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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
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  • 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 Anwanga
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