Awawa Surname

586,691st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 533 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Awawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4971:356,42419,191
Papua New Guinea241:339,73845,241
Mauritania71:584,98020,004
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Awawa (122) may also be a first name.

Awawa Last Name Facts

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

Awawa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻭﺍﻭ) is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Awawa.

How Common Is The Last Name Awawa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 586,691st most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 13,672,694 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Awawa are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Awawa is also the 844,248th most numerous first name internationally, held by 122 people.

Awawa is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 497 people, or 1 in 356,424. In Nigeria Awawa is mostly found in: Ebonyi, where 51 percent live, Cross River, where 16 percent live and Kaduna, where 7 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live and Mauritania, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hawawa9121/
Awawai917/
Awawah915/
Awaiwa915/
Auwawa914/
Awauwa911/
Awaawa911/
Awawad911/
Aswawa911/
Awawas911/
Awawaz911/
Awhawha8335/
Awaiwai836/
Awahwah835/
Awuawua834/
Aswawas833/
Hawawau832/
Hawawua831/
Hauwawa831/
Hawawga831/
Aswaswa831/
Ahwahwa831/
Awawais831/
Owawa80238/
Ewawa80180/
Awawo80125/
Awawi8090/
Awawe8033/
Awava8020/
Awowa806/
Awewa806/
Awaiwaya7751/
Eawawayd778/
Hhawawau776/
Awahawah772/
Hawauwau771/
Awuaawua771/
Hauwawau771/
Hawawi73443/
Owajwa73107/
Awawou7398/
Awuawe7365/
Hawawo7323/
Awawoh7313/
Aweawe737/
Owahwa736/
Aswawe734/
Eawawi732/
Awuaba732/
Ouwawa732/
Owawah732/
Awawis732/
Auwawo732/
Gawawi731/
Awawhe731/
Ajwawe731/
Awabah731/
Aswawo731/
Owaswa731/
Hawawy731/
Awauwo731/
Awowai731/
Hauwauwau711/
Ohwahwa67125/
Awachwi6740/
Hawawie6738/
Awashua6728/
Hawawou6716/
Awuawue679/
Awaweeh673/
Owaiswa672/
Awawech672/
Hawabah671/
Heiwawa671/
Awaibai671/
Awawiss671/
Obeawaa671/
Haswawi671/
Howaewa671/
Howaway670/

Awawa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Awawa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻭﺍﻭawaw66.67
ﺃﻭﺍﻭawaw33.33

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Awawa
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis