Awawa Surname
Approximately 533 people bear this surname
Awawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 497 | 1:356,424 | 19,191 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
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
The last name Awawa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻭﺍﻭ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Awawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Awawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Awawa is the 586,691st most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 13,672,694 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Awawa live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 844,248th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 122 people.
The last name Awawa is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 497 people, or 1 in 356,424. In Nigeria Awawa is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 51 percent are found, Cross River, where 16 percent are found and Kaduna, where 7 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Awawa exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found and Mauritania, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawawa | 91 | 21 | / |
| Awawai | 91 | 7 | / |
| Awawah | 91 | 5 | / |
| Awaiwa | 91 | 5 | / |
| Auwawa | 91 | 4 | / |
| Awauwa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Awaawa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Awawad | 91 | 1 | / |
| Aswawa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Awawas | 91 | 1 | / |
| Awawaz | 91 | 1 | / |
| Awhawha | 83 | 35 | / |
| Awaiwai | 83 | 6 | / |
| Awahwah | 83 | 5 | / |
| Awuawua | 83 | 4 | / |
| Aswawas | 83 | 3 | / |
| Hawawau | 83 | 2 | / |
| Hawawua | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hauwawa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hawawga | 83 | 1 | / |
| Aswaswa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ahwahwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Awawais | 83 | 1 | / |
| Owawa | 80 | 238 | / |
| Ewawa | 80 | 180 | / |
| Awawo | 80 | 125 | / |
| Awawi | 80 | 90 | / |
| Awawe | 80 | 33 | / |
| Awava | 80 | 20 | / |
| Awowa | 80 | 6 | / |
| Awewa | 80 | 6 | / |
| Awaiwaya | 77 | 51 | / |
| Eawawayd | 77 | 8 | / |
| Hhawawau | 77 | 6 | / |
| Awahawah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Hawauwau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awuaawua | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hauwawau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hawawi | 73 | 443 | / |
| Owajwa | 73 | 107 | / |
| Awawou | 73 | 98 | / |
| Awuawe | 73 | 65 | / |
| Hawawo | 73 | 23 | / |
| Awawoh | 73 | 13 | / |
| Aweawe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Owahwa | 73 | 6 | / |
| Aswawe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Eawawi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Awuaba | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ouwawa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Owawah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Awawis | 73 | 2 | / |
| Auwawo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gawawi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awawhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ajwawe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awabah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aswawo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owaswa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hawawy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awauwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awowai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hauwauwau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ohwahwa | 67 | 125 | / |
| Awachwi | 67 | 40 | / |
| Hawawie | 67 | 38 | / |
| Awashua | 67 | 28 | / |
| Hawawou | 67 | 16 | / |
| Awuawue | 67 | 9 | / |
| Awaweeh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Owaiswa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Awawech | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hawabah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heiwawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awaibai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awawiss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obeawaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haswawi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Howaewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Howaway | 67 | 0 | / |
Awawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Awawa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻭﺍﻭ | awaw | 66.67 |
| ﺃﻭﺍﻭ | awaw | 33.33 |
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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 Awawa
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