Awakai Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Awakai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Awakai (34) may also be a first name.
Awakai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awakai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awakai is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awakai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,843,861st most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name Awakai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Awakai reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 34 people.
It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 461,535. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 100 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 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
- 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 Awakai
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