Awanse Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Awanse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Benin | 21 | 1:492,172 | 32,947 |
Awanse (12) may also be a first name.
Awanse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awanse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awanse occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Awanse? popularity and diffusion
Awanse is the 2,372,517th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Awanse live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 12 people.
The last name Awanse is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 4,025,972. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ogun, where 43 percent reside, Lagos, where 39 percent reside and Ekiti, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 32 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Awanse
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis