Auwai Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Auwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 91 | 1:1,946,624 | 68,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 51 | 1:159,877 | 22,106 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Auwai (231) may also be a first name.
Auwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Auwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Auwai is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Auwai.
How Common Is The Last Name Auwai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,428,594th most common last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Auwai are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Auwai is also the 590,311th most commonly used forename in the world It is held by 231 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 1,946,624. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kaduna, where 21 percent reside, Kano, where 15 percent reside and Sokoto, where 15 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Auwai is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 34 percent reside and Canada, where 5 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 Auwai
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