Where Does The Last Name Awanta Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Awanta (Arabic: ليوانتي, Oriya: ଆୱା) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Awanta? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Awanta is the 2,635,433^rd most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Awanta are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 78 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,688,769^th most commonly used forename worldwide, held by 37 people.

This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 4,428,569. In Nigeria Awanta is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 75 percent are found, Benue, where 15 percent are found and Ogun, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Awanta exists in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 9 percent are found and Indonesia, where 9 percent are found.