Aweje Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Aweje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Aweje (98) may also be a first name.
Aweje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aweje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Aweje has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Aweje? popularity and diffusion
The surname Aweje is the 3,323,005th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Aweje reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Aweje is also the 956,749th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 98 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria Aweje is most numerous in: Nasarawa, where 35 percent reside, Ogun, where 32 percent reside and Lagos, where 21 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 3 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 Aweje
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