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
Awega occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Awega.
How Common Is The Last Name Awega? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Awega occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Awega reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 25 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 4,213,784th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 8 people.
It is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 23,089,950. In Kenya Awega is mostly found in: Nairobi County, where 50 percent live and Siaya County, where 50 percent live. Besides Kenya this last name 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
- 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 Awega
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