Arouwa Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Arouwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 79 | 1:130,830 | 14,100 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Arouwa (13) may also be a first name.
Arouwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arouwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Arouwa is found most in Benin. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Arouwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,091,648th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. The surname Arouwa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Arouwa live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Arouwa is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 13 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 130,830. In Benin it is most numerous in: Plateau Department, where 86 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 10 percent live and Alibori Department, where 1 percent live. Besides Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
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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 Arouwa
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