Awanyi Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Awanyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 26 | 1:1,501,511 | 54,973 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Awanyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awanyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awanyi occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Awanyi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,746,821st most frequently held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Awanyi is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Awanyi live; 52 percent live in East Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Awanyi is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 1,501,511. In Uganda Awanyi is mostly concentrated in: Amolatar District, where 38 percent live, Lira District, where 12 percent live and Mukono District, where 8 percent live. Apart from Uganda this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 40 percent live and Cameroon, where 6 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 Awanyi
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