Awakwa Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Awakwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 17 | 1:1,357,131 | 29,476 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Awakwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awakwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awakwa occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awakwa? popularity and diffusion
Awakwa is the 4,427,875th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. Awakwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 15 percent of Awakwa reside; 10 percent reside in Central Africa and 10 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 1,357,131. In The Ivory Coast Awakwa is most prevalent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 100 percent live. Aside from The Ivory Coast it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 10 percent live and Nigeria, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahwakwau | 86 | 1 | / |
| Awankwaa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Awakwo | 83 | 4 | / |
| Owakwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Awokwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Awaqwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Awagwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Avakwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Awankwo | 77 | 32 | / |
| Abakwua | 77 | 3 | / |
| Awangwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Awankwi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Awagwaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hawagwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hawekwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ochwakwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Avankwah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owakwe | 67 | 215 | / |
| Awagba | 67 | 67 | / |
| Abokwa | 67 | 23 | / |
| Awokwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Awagwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Awogwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Obakwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awagua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avakua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ewakua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awokwo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Awakwa
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