Awajo Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Awajo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Awajo (13) may also be a first name.
Awajo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awajo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awajo is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Awajo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Awajo is the 4,307,654th most widespread family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Awajo live; 62 percent live in East Africa and 52 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Awajo is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held forename worldwide, held by 13 people.
The last name Awajo is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 3,549,025. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Serere District, where 64 percent are found, Kumi District, where 18 percent are found and Arua District, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Uganda it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 29 percent are found and The United States, where 10 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 Awajo
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