Auwali Surname
Approximately 17,371 people bear this surname
Auwali Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17,226 | 1:10,283 | 1,096 |
| Indonesia | 132 | 1:1,001,888 | 73,451 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Auwali (3,210) may also be a first name.
Auwali Demographics
Auwali Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Auwali Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Auwali Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Auwali is most common in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Auwali? popularity and diffusion
It is the 30,732nd most frequently used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 419,524 people. The surname Auwali is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Auwali reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Auwali is also the 126,685th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 3,210 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17,226 people, or 1 in 10,283. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kebbi, where 59 percent live, Sokoto, where 12 percent live and Katsina, where 12 percent live. Beside Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.
Auwali Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Muslim (99%) 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 Auwali
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