Atwoo Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Atwoo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Atwoo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda291:1,346,18251,611
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Atwoo Last Name Facts

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

Atwoo occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Atwoo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,543,123rd most widespread last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Atwoo are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

It is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 1,346,182. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Gulu District, where 34 percent reside, Dokolo District, where 31 percent reside and Pader District, where 17 percent reside. Barring Uganda it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Attwoo911/
Atwoos911/
Atwooe911/
Atwo89111/
Eastwoo833/
Atwoodt830/
Aatwood830/
Athwood830/
Etwoo807/
Atwod806/
Atwot802/
Adwoo802/
Hatwo802/
Athwo801/
Autwo801/
Atthwood774/
Attwoods772/
Hathwood771/
Eastwoos771/
Atttwood771/
Hattwood770/
Haitwood770/
Attwod7310/
Astwod734/
Atwodd732/
Eastwoods713/
Heastwood711/
Atwa6724,703/
Atuo67475/
Etwo6719/
Adwo6711/
Otwo679/
Eastwod676/
Atouhou673/
Attouho673/
Attwodd672/
Atwu671/
Othwood671/
Ottwood670/

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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 Atwoo
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