Ariwa Surname
Approximately 838 people bear this surname
Ariwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 748 | 1:236,822 | 13,781 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Syria | 14 | 1:1,378,644 | 7,647 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ariwa (141) may also be a first name.
Ariwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ariwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ariwa is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ariwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 415,385th most frequently held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 8,696,356 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Ariwa live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 778,371st most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 141 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 748 people, or 1 in 236,822. In Nigeria it is most common in: Abia, where 51 percent reside, Lagos, where 12 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Ariwa exists in 19 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside and England, where 2 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 Ariwa
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