Awande Surname
Approximately 370 people bear this surname
Awande Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 122 | 1:157,312 | 5,693 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| Benin | 17 | 1:607,977 | 36,930 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
The alternate forms: Awandé (1) are calculated separately.
Awande (177) may also be a first name.
Awande Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awande Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awande (Marathi: आवंडे) is borne by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Awandé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awande? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 769,129th most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 19,696,070 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Awande live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Awande is also the 685,598th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 177 people.
The last name Awande is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 157,312. In Niger Awande is most numerous in: Diffa Region, where 96 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 4 percent reside. Barring Niger it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 31 percent reside and Nigeria, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Awande Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Awande in the Marathi language | ||
| आवंडे | avande | 66.67 |
| अवांडे | avande | 33.33 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Awande
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