Awanya Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Awanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 103 | 1:1,719,833 | 63,088 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Awanya (30) may also be a first name.
Awanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awanya is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Awanya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,683,218th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. The surname Awanya is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Awanya are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 30 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 1,719,833. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 90 percent live, Lagos, where 4 percent live and Nasarawa, where 3 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 7 percent live and Ghana, where 3 percent live.
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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 Awanya
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