Auwal Surname
Approximately 172,151 people bear this surname
Auwal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 166,140 | 1:1,066 | 138 |
| Bangladesh | 5,768 | 1:27,628 | 1,822 |
| India | 139 | 1:5,518,456 | 133,501 |
| Indonesia | 46 | 1:2,874,982 | 163,265 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Iceland | 7 | 1:54,299 | 3,881 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Auwal (243,803) may also be a first name.
Auwal Demographics
Auwal Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Auwal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Auwal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Auwal is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Auwal? popularity and diffusion
The last name Auwal is the 3,274th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 42,332 people. The surname Auwal is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Auwal reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Auwal is also the 4,307th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 243,803 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 166,140 people, or 1 in 1,066. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kano, where 26 percent live, Bauchi, where 12 percent live and Kaduna, where 11 percent live. Besides Nigeria Auwal is found in 23 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 3 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
Auwal Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Auwal last name is chiefly Muslim (97%) in Nigeria.
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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 Auwal
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