Awayi Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Awayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 115 | 1:1,540,372 | 58,295 |
| Iran | 26 | 1:2,953,174 | 90,148 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Awayi (361) may also be a first name.
Awayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awayi is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awayi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,290,735th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Awayi reside; 66 percent reside in West Africa and 66 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 458,188th most numerous given name world-wide, held by 361 people.
The surname Awayi is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 115 people, or 1 in 1,540,372. In Nigeria it is most common in: Plateau, where 30 percent are found, Enugu, where 17 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 15 percent are found and Uganda, where 12 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 Awayi
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