Awaou Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Awaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 82 | 1:253,281 | 24,740 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Awaou (21,684) may also be a first name.
Awaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awaou is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awaou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,882,912th most common family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Awaou are found; 62 percent are found in Central Africa and 53 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Awaou is also the 35,594th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 21,684 people.
The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 253,281. In Cameroon Awaou is most prevalent in: Adamawa Region, where 38 percent live, East Region, where 29 percent live and West Region, where 26 percent live. Not including Cameroon this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 11 percent live and Niger, where 2 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 Awaou
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