Awaita Surname
Approximately 171 people bear this surname
Awaita Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 160 | 1:50,961 | 6,394 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Awaita Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awaita Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awaita occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awaita? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,315,412th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 42,617,228 people. Awaita is predominantly found in Oceania, where 94 percent of Awaita live; 94 percent live in Oceania Islands and 94 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 160 people, or 1 in 50,961. In Papua New Guinea Awaita is primarily found in: Milne Bay, where 36 percent live, Northern, where 36 percent live and National Capital District, where 11 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea Awaita occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent live and Iraq, where 2 percent live.
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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 Awaita
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