Awafo Surname
Approximately 775 people bear this surname
Awafo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Awafo (298) may also be a first name.
Awafo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awafo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awafo has its highest incidence in Ghana. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Awafo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awafo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Awafo is the 441,383rd most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 9,403,285 people. The surname Awafo is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Awafo reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 510,666th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 298 people.
The last name Awafo is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is carried by 762 people, or 1 in 35,460. Without taking into account Ghana this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Awafo
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