Auwel Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Auwel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Auwel (27) may also be a first name.
Auwel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Auwel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Auwel occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Auwel? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Auwel occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Auwel reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 27 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Auwel is most prevalent in: Bauchi, where 25 percent live, Kaduna, where 25 percent live and Kano, where 25 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 14 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
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- 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 Auwel
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