Auwan Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Auwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 140 | 1:1,265,305 | 50,482 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
Auwan (248) may also be a first name.
Auwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Auwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Auwan is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Auwan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,453,389th most common family name globally, borne by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. Auwan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Auwan live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Auwan is also the 566,287th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 248 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 1,265,305. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kano, where 33 percent live, Bauchi, where 22 percent live and Gombe, where 9 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 5 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 Auwan
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