Awacha Surname
Approximately 425 people bear this surname
Awacha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 395 | 1:98,834 | 9,973 |
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Awacha (41) may also be a first name.
Awacha Demographics
Awacha Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Awacha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awacha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awacha has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awacha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 694,796th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 17,147,167 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Awacha live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 59 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Awacha is also the 1,590,275th most numerous first name globally, held by 41 people.
The surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 395 people, or 1 in 98,834. In Uganda it is most common in: Nebbi District, where 46 percent reside, Zombo District, where 14 percent reside and Buliisa District, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Uganda it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 5 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
Awacha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Awacha surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Awacha
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