Awarai Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Awarai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 56 | 1:370,876 | 32,690 |
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
Awarai (49) may also be a first name.
Awarai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awarai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awarai is found most in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Awarai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awarai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,736,881st most commonly held family name globally, held by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Awarai reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most commonly held forename throughout the world It is held by 49 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 370,876. In Cameroon Awarai is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 98 percent are found and North Region, where 2 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 50 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 Awarai
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