Awanyai Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Awanyai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awanyai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria891:1,990,36870,088
United States221:16,475,406557,260

Awanyai Last Name Facts

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

The last name Awanyai occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Awanyai? popularity and diffusion

The surname Awanyai is the 1,736,881st most numerous family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name Awanyai occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Awanyai reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 1,990,368. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 36 percent reside, Lagos, where 31 percent reside and Edo, where 25 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent reside.

Awanyai Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Awanyai last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

Awanyai earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.55% less than the national average, earning $39,029 USD per year.

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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 Awanyai
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