Awache Surname
Approximately 165 people bear this surname
Awache Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 104 | 1:1,703,296 | 62,619 |
| Niger | 59 | 1:325,288 | 9,578 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Awache (31) may also be a first name.
Awache Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awache Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awache occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awache? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,348,199th most common family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 44,166,945 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Awache live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held forename world-wide, held by 31 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 104 people, or 1 in 1,703,296. In Nigeria Awache is mostly concentrated in: Kebbi, where 91 percent reside, Benue, where 6 percent reside and Kogi, where 1 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 36 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Awache
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