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 surname Auwala is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Auwala click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Auwala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,020,555th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name is primarily 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 frequent first name world-wide It is held by 739 people.
Auwala is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 2,134,250. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Gombe, where 22 percent live, Kano, where 17 percent live and Rivers, where 13 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common 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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