Awaiye Surname
Approximately 184 people bear this surname
Awaiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 167 | 1:1,060,735 | 44,297 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Awaiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awaiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awaiye is found most in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Awaiye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,252,959th most common surname globally, borne by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Awaiye are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 167 people, or 1 in 1,060,735. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 51 percent live, Ogun, where 23 percent live and Oyo, where 10 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 5 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 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 Awaiye
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