Arowa Surname
Approximately 344 people bear this surname
Arowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 267 | 1:663,456 | 30,992 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | 1:156,802 | 21,647 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Arowa (636) may also be a first name.
Arowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Arowa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Arowa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 811,192nd most numerous last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 21,184,726 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Arowa live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Arowa is also the 329,982nd most widespread given name globally, borne by 636 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 267 people, or 1 in 663,456. In Nigeria Arowa is most frequent in: Ondo, where 41 percent reside, Ogun, where 21 percent reside and Lagos, where 16 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Arowa is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent reside and Brazil, where 3 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 Arowa
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