Awanayah Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Awanayah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awanayah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon211:989,00363,570
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Awanayah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Awanayah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Awanayah has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Awanayah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,730,171st most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Awanayah reside; 75 percent reside in Central Africa and 75 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 989,003. In Cameroon Awanayah is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 81 percent reside, Centre Region, where 5 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 21 percent reside and The United States, where 4 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
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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 Awanayah
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