Awega Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Awega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Awega (8) may also be a first name.
Awega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awega is found most in Kenya. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awega? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Awega are found; 50 percent are found in East Africa and 25 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Awega is also the 4,213,784th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 8 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 23,089,950. In Kenya Awega is mostly concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 50 percent live and Siaya County, where 50 percent live. Outside of Kenya it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Iceland, where 13 percent live and Nigeria, where 13 percent live.
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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 Awega
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