Awede Surname
Approximately 480 people bear this surname
Awede Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 272 | 1:37,999 | 4,906 |
| Nigeria | 163 | 1:1,086,765 | 45,077 |
| Ivory Coast | 27 | 1:854,490 | 22,281 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
The alternate forms: Awédé (1) are calculated separately.
Awede (45) may also be a first name.
Awede Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awede Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awede is found most frequently in Benin. It may also appear as a variant: Awédé. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Awede? popularity and diffusion
The last name Awede is the 635,252nd most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 15,182,387 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Awede live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Awede is also the 1,504,468th most commonly used forename globally, borne by 45 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is borne by 272 people, or 1 in 37,999. In Benin Awede is most common in: Atlantique Department, where 69 percent reside, Zou Department, where 16 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 8 percent reside. Not including Benin this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 34 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 6 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 Awede
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