Arawa Surname
Approximately 346 people bear this surname
Arawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 198 | 1:894,660 | 38,889 |
| Indonesia | 53 | 1:2,495,268 | 147,726 |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| New Caledonia | 36 | 1:7,673 | 1,760 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Arawa (7,584) may also be a first name.
Arawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Arawa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺭﺍﻭﺍ, Marathi: अरवा, Oriya: ଆରୱା) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Arawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Arawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Arawa is the 807,857th most widespread last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 21,062,271 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Arawa are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 57 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 73,654th most widespread first name on earth It is held by 7,584 people.
The last name Arawa is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 198 people, or 1 in 894,660. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kogi, where 30 percent reside, Lagos, where 21 percent reside and Bauchi, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 15 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arawa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺭﺍﻭﺍ | arawa | - |
| Arawa in the Marathi language | ||
| अरवा | arava | - |
| Arawa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆରୱା | arawa | 75 |
| ଆରଦା | arada | 25 |
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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 Arawa
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