Awahou Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Awahou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Awahou (1,366) may also be a first name.
Awahou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awahou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awahou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻭﺍﻩ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Awahou.
How Common Is The Last Name Awahou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,665,662nd most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. Awahou is mostly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Awahou reside; 45 percent reside in West Africa and 31 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 212,002nd most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 1,366 people.
The surname Awahou is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 2,307,674. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: West Region, where 78 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 11 percent are found and East Region, where 11 percent are found. Besides Cameroon it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 28 percent are found and New Zealand, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Awahou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Awahou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻭﺍﻩ | awah | - |
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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
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- 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 Awahou
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