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
Awande (Marathi: आवंडे) occurs most in Niger. It can occur in the variant forms: Awandé. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Awande? popularity and diffusion
It is the 769,129th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 19,696,070 people. The surname Awande is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Awande are found; 52 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 685,598th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 177 people.
Awande is most prevalent in Niger, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 157,312. In Niger it is most frequent in: Diffa Region, where 96 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 4 percent reside. Beside Niger Awande exists 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
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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 Awande
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