Arowona Surname

695,980th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 424 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Arowona Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arowona Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4121:429,95822,203
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Arowona (46) may also be a first name.

Arowona Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Arowona Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Arowona occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Arowona? popularity and diffusion

It is the 695,980th most widely held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 17,187,608 people. The surname Arowona occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Arowona reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most commonly used given name internationally, borne by 46 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 412 people, or 1 in 429,958. In Nigeria Arowona is most frequent in: Ogun, where 39 percent reside, Kwara, where 23 percent reside and Oyo, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aroowona933/
Arowonga931/
Arowono863/
Erowona861/
Arovona861/
Aroubouna751/
Harouwana751/
Orobona7161/
Arawana7128/
Arobone7118/
Arowani7117/
Arobana716/
Aruwana712/
Aruwuna711/
Arewana711/
Arabona711/
Aruwono711/
Arowuno711/
Araboina6725/
Argawana6720/
Harevona675/
Arawonni673/
Aruboina672/
Harawana671/
Arabonah671/
Aravouna671/

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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 Arowona
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