Awaju Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Awaju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
Awaju (26) may also be a first name.
Awaju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awaju Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awaju is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awaju? popularity and diffusion
Awaju is the 3,274,477th most common surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name Awaju occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Awaju are found; 47 percent are found in East Africa and 36 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Awaju is also the 2,084,397th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 26 people.
This surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 1,597,621. In Cameroon Awaju is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 92 percent reside and West Region, where 8 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 25 percent reside and Uganda, where 22 percent reside.
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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
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