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
The last name Auwala occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Auwala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,020,555th most frequently used last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Auwala live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 302,719th most commonly occurring given name internationally, borne by 739 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 2,134,250. In Nigeria it is most common in: Gombe, where 22 percent live, Kano, where 17 percent live and Rivers, where 13 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live and The Philippines, where 1 percent live.
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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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