Awamba Surname
Approximately 255 people bear this surname
Awamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 191 | 1:108,739 | 12,726 |
| Nigeria | 50 | 1:3,542,855 | 104,248 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Awamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awamba occurs most in Cameroon. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Awamba.
How Common Is The Last Name Awamba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,001,271st most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 28,578,611 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Awamba reside; 76 percent reside in Central Africa and 76 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 191 people, or 1 in 108,739. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 32 percent reside, Centre Region, where 29 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 21 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 20 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awambah | 92 | 30 | / |
| Awambai | 92 | 21 | / |
| Awambay | 92 | 4 | / |
| Hawamba | 92 | 1 | / |
| Awanmba | 92 | 1 | / |
| Aswamba | 92 | 1 | / |
| Abamba | 83 | 1,229 | / |
| Owamba | 83 | 775 | / |
| Awambi | 83 | 615 | / |
| Awambe | 83 | 370 | / |
| Awomba | 83 | 55 | / |
| Awambo | 83 | 17 | / |
| Ewamba | 83 | 2 | / |
| Awanba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Abambay | 77 | 503 | / |
| Habamba | 77 | 189 | / |
| Owambay | 77 | 27 | / |
| Awhambe | 77 | 7 | / |
| Aweambi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Owambai | 77 | 4 | / |
| Awoumba | 77 | 2 | / |
| Avambah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Awombas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awambou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aveamba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aiwambi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hawemba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Howamba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aywambi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awanmbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awamber | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awaimbo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awatimbi | 71 | 89 | / |
| Havambai | 71 | 3 | / |
| Habaamba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Awaambey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Awuaambe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ewomba | 67 | 425 | / |
| Owambo | 67 | 402 | / |
| Abomba | 67 | 247 | / |
| Awombo | 67 | 169 | / |
| Avambo | 67 | 160 | / |
| Avomba | 67 | 158 | / |
| Abambi | 67 | 128 | / |
| Ovamba | 67 | 69 | / |
| Owambi | 67 | 55 | / |
| Obamba | 67 | 52 | / |
| Avambe | 67 | 48 | / |
| Awombi | 67 | 41 | / |
| Abambe | 67 | 29 | / |
| Ewambo | 67 | 21 | / |
| Awembo | 67 | 16 | / |
| Awanbe | 67 | 15 | / |
| Owomba | 67 | 12 | / |
| Abambo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Owambe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Awanbi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Evamba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Awomby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ewanba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avamva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awombe | 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 Awamba
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