Awanife Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Awanife Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awanife Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria241:7,380,948165,663
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Awanife Last Name Facts

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

The last name Awanife is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Awanife? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,602,217th most widespread last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. Awanife is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Awanife live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 7,380,948. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 54 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 21 percent live and Rivers, where 13 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abanife865/
Hawanif861/
Awanev777/
Abanifi71107/
Obanife7134/
Awonifa7114/
Awonufe7114/
Havanif711/
Ahwaniw711/
Avanib6229/
Abanib621/
Abaniv621/
Abanev621/
Avanev621/
Obanefe5769/
Abaneev5767/
Owonifa5728/
Abounaif532/
Abhaniph531/
Abhanibh531/
Abhainiv531/

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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 Awanife
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