Auwa Surname
Approximately 1,340 people bear this surname
Auwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 829 | 1:213,682 | 12,691 |
| Papua New Guinea | 357 | 1:22,840 | 2,492 |
| South Africa | 46 | 1:1,177,776 | 67,773 |
| Namibia | 37 | 1:65,119 | 7,152 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Auwa (4,324) may also be a first name.
Auwa Demographics
Average Auwa Salary in
South Africa
R 86,712
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Auwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Auwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Auwa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Auwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 286,665th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,438,467 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Auwa reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Auwa is also the 105,143rd most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 4,324 people.
The last name Auwa is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 829 people, or 1 in 213,682. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Yobe, where 23 percent are found, Kano, where 10 percent are found and Bauchi, where 9 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 27 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.
Auwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Auwa surname is chiefly Muslim (68%) in Nigeria.
Auwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 63.51% less than the national average, earning R 86,712 per year.
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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 Auwa
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