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) is found most frequently in Niger. It may be found as a variant: Awandé. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Awande? popularity and diffusion
Awande is the 769,129th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 19,696,070 people. The last name Awande is predominantly found 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 used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 177 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Niger, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 157,312. In Niger it is primarily found in: Diffa Region, where 96 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Niger this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common 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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