Awanyu Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Awanyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Awanyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awanyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awanyu is found most in Uganda. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awanyu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,812,366th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Awanyu reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 3,903,928. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Buyende District, where 80 percent are found, Serere District, where 10 percent are found and Soroti District, where 10 percent are found. Other than Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Awanyu
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