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 most in Nigeria. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arawa? popularity and diffusion
Arawa is the 807,857th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 21,062,271 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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 frequent first name at a global level, borne by 7,584 people.
Arawa is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 198 people, or 1 in 894,660. In Nigeria Arawa is primarily concentrated in: Kogi, where 30 percent are found, Lagos, where 21 percent are found and Bauchi, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 15 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent are found.
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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