Awa Surname
Approximately 41,571 people bear this surname
Awa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 13,405 | 1:13,215 | 1,331 |
| Ivory Coast | 8,705 | 1:2,650 | 263 |
| Philippines | 3,554 | 1:28,486 | 4,007 |
| Indonesia | 2,296 | 1:57,600 | 6,351 |
| Japan | 2,159 | 1:59,215 | 4,474 |
| DR Congo | 2,121 | 1:34,832 | 4,323 |
| Cameroon | 1,662 | 1:12,496 | 1,684 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,104 | 1:7,386 | 536 |
| Niger | 836 | 1:22,957 | 1,387 |
| Pakistan | 718 | 1:248,808 | 5,627 |
| United States | 514 | 1:705,173 | 55,723 |
| Egypt | 427 | 1:215,306 | 15,336 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Mali | 387 | 1:43,848 | 1,206 |
| Congo | 330 | 1:15,118 | 1,861 |
| Uganda | 328 | 1:119,022 | 11,368 |
| Malaysia | 301 | 1:97,987 | 6,750 |
| Burkina Faso | 281 | 1:65,310 | 2,556 |
| Mauritania | 273 | 1:14,999 | 1,411 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Brazil | 171 | 1:1,251,897 | 43,012 |
| Vanuatu | 157 | 1:1,677 | 485 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Canada | 134 | 1:274,967 | 25,811 |
| Iraq | 121 | 1:289,435 | 5,881 |
| Benin | 102 | 1:101,329 | 11,505 |
| Solomon Islands | 87 | 1:6,667 | 995 |
| Nepal | 83 | 1:343,144 | 3,724 |
| United Arab Emirates | 80 | 1:114,528 | 9,720 |
| England | 38 | 1:1,466,265 | 63,675 |
| France | 30 | 1:2,214,091 | 176,965 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Thailand | 23 | 1:3,071,232 | 294,953 |
| Taiwan | 22 | 1:1,065,670 | 7,365 |
| Yemen | 22 | 1:1,201,150 | 11,790 |
| Guam | 21 | 1:7,625 | 1,143 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 1:301,888 | 25,890 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Syria | 14 | 1:1,378,644 | 7,647 |
| Senegal | 14 | 1:1,041,382 | 3,211 |
| Peru | 14 | 1:2,270,294 | 26,427 |
| Jordan | 13 | 1:680,187 | 14,528 |
| Afghanistan | 12 | 1:2,679,432 | 17,028 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Palestine | 5 | 1:909,770 | 15,190 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Awa (736,583) may also be a first name.
Awa Demographics
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Awa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awa (Arabic: العوّا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻭﺍ, Oriya: ଆୱା) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Awa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 13,440th most frequently held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 175,304 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Awa live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,291st most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 736,583 people.
Awa is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 13,405 people, or 1 in 13,215. In Nigeria Awa is most common in: Abia, where 37 percent live, Anambra, where 10 percent live and Cross River, where 8 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 82 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 21 percent live and The Philippines, where 9 percent live.
Awa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Awa has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 3,427 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 3,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Awa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Awa last name is principally Sunni (100%) in Lebanon and Christian (89%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Awa last name are 19.61% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 72.84% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Awa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 185.87% more than the national average, earning S/. 55,415 per year; in South Africa they earn 79.05% more than the national average, earning R 425,496 per year; in United States they earn 4.17% more than the national average, earning $44,947 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.54% more than the national average, earning $51,441 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Awa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Awa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆୱା | awa | 98.11 |
| ଅୱ | awa | 1.89 |
| Awa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﻭﺍ | awa | 38.52 |
| ﻋﻮ | w | 10.93 |
| ﺁﻭﻯ | awy | 6.83 |
| ﻫﺎﻭ | haw | 5.74 |
| ﻋﻮﻩ | wh | 4.92 |
| ﺃﻭﺍ | awa | 4.1 |
| ﻫﺎﻭﺍ | hawa | 3.55 |
| ﺁﻭ | aw | 3.28 |
| ﺍﻭﺍ | awa | 2.73 |
| ﺍﻭ | aw | 2.73 |
| ﻋﻮﺍ | wa | 2.73 |
| ﻫﻮﻯ | hwy | 1.64 |
| ﻫﺎﻭﻯ | hawy | 1.37 |
| ﺃﻭﻯ | awy | 1.37 |
| ﺃﻭﻩ | awh | 1.37 |
| ﻋﻮﻯ | wy | 1.37 |
| ﺁﻭﺍﻭ | awaw | 1.09 |
| ﺁﻭﻱ | awy | 1.09 |
| ﺍﻭﻯ | awy | 1.09 |
| ﺣﻮﻯ | hwy | 0.82 |
| ﺃﻭ | aw | 0.82 |
| ﺍﻭﻩ | awh | 0.82 |
| ﺣﻮﺍﺀ | hwa | 0.27 |
| ﺣﻮﺍ | hwa | 0.27 |
| ﺣﻮﻱ | hwy | 0.27 |
| ﺁﻭﻩ | awh | 0.27 |
| Awa in the Arabic language | ||
| العوّا | alwa | - |
| آوا | awa | - |
| عوا | wa | - |
| العوا | alwa | - |
| واء | wa | - |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Awa
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