Awadji Surname
Approximately 266 people bear this surname
Awadji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 256 | 1:40,373 | 5,198 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Awadji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awadji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awadji is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Awadji click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awadji? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 973,426th most widely held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 27,396,789 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Awadji are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Awadji is most common in Benin, where it is held by 256 people, or 1 in 40,373. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Mono Department, where 40 percent reside, Ouémé Department, where 30 percent reside and Zou Department, where 24 percent reside. Besides Benin this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 2 percent reside and Algeria, where 0 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 Awadji
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