Awato Surname
Approximately 408 people bear this surname
Awato Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 199 | 1:115,936 | 5,803 |
| Uganda | 129 | 1:302,630 | 20,937 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Awato (100) may also be a first name.
Awato Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awato Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awato is borne by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Awato? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 716,247th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 17,861,632 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Awato live; 45 percent live in West Africa and 45 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 946,056th most prevalent forename internationally, borne by 100 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 199 people, or 1 in 115,936. In The Ivory Coast Awato is most frequent in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 73 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 15 percent reside and Lagunes District, where 10 percent reside. Outside of The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 32 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Awato
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