Awarga Surname

430,251st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 801 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Awarga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awarga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7741:228,86713,413
Niger201:959,60121,357
India51:153,413,076951,030
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080

Awarga (93) may also be a first name.

Awarga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Awarga is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Awarga click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Awarga? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 430,251st most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,098,060 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Awarga are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Awarga is also the 986,211th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 93 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 774 people, or 1 in 228,867. In Nigeria Awarga is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 81 percent reside, Taraba, where 9 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 2 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aawarga921/
Awargad921/
Hawarga921/
Awarenga861/
Avarga8369/
Abarga8358/
Awerga831/
Ewarga831/
Gawargy77197/
Hawarge7715/
Gawargi7711/
Avargas779/
Avargad771/
Havarga771/
Avarenga7137/
Avaringa717/
Ahwarghi713/
Ajbargah711/
Aavargad711/
Averga6792/
Avorga6713/
Abargo678/
Ewerga674/
Aborga672/
Auvarenga672/
Aivarenga671/
Abargi671/
Avargy671/
Ãwarge671/
Owargy671/
Avargo670/

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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
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  • 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 Awarga
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