Awanai Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Awanai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Awanai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awanai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awanai occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awanai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,882,373rd most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Awanai live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Plateau, where 82 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 18 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 27 percent are found and Niger, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Awanai
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