Awaka Surname
Approximately 751 people bear this surname
Awaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 202 | 1:876,944 | 38,283 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Japan | 103 | 1:1,241,207 | 22,305 |
| Uganda | 102 | 1:382,738 | 24,349 |
| Ivory Coast | 73 | 1:316,044 | 11,693 |
| Niger | 51 | 1:376,314 | 10,650 |
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| Benin | 29 | 1:356,400 | 27,355 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Awaka (172) may also be a first name.
Awaka Demographics
Average Awaka Salary in
United States
$29,562 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Awaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awaka (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻭﺍﻙ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Awaka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awaka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 452,102nd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 9,703,790 people. Awaka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Awaka live; 39 percent live in West Africa and 31 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 696,764th most frequent first name internationally, held by 172 people.
The surname Awaka is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 202 people, or 1 in 876,944. In Nigeria Awaka is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 25 percent are found, Delta, where 16 percent are found and Kaduna, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Awaka is found in 14 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 16 percent are found and Japan, where 14 percent are found.
Awaka Last Name Statistics demography
Awaka earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 31.49% less than the national average, earning $29,562 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Awaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Awaka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻭﺍﻙ | awak | - |
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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 Awaka
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