Auwala Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Auwala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Auwala (739) may also be a first name.
Auwala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Auwala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Auwala is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Auwala.
How Common Is The Last Name Auwala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,020,555th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Auwala are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Auwala is also the 302,719th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 739 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 2,134,250. In Nigeria Auwala is mostly concentrated in: Gombe, where 22 percent reside, Kano, where 17 percent reside and Rivers, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside and The Philippines, where 1 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 Auwala
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