Awama Surname
Approximately 252 people bear this surname
Awama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 83 | 1:60,110 | 5,403 |
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Syria | 26 | 1:742,347 | 6,033 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Awama (141) may also be a first name.
Awama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awama (Oriya: ଅୱମା) occurs in The Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Awama? popularity and diffusion
Awama is the 1,009,375th most widespread last name in the world, held by around 1 in 28,918,833 people. The last name Awama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Awama reside; 56 percent reside in Central Africa and 56 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 778,371st most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 141 people.
The last name Awama is most frequently used in The Congo, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 60,110. In The Congo it is most frequent in: Brazzaville Department, where 100 percent live. Excluding The Congo Awama is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 24 percent live and The DR Congo, where 22 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Awama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Awama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅୱମା | awama | - |
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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 Awama
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