Awelewa Surname

180,955th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,353 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Awelewa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awelewa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,3131:76,5865,484
United States201:18,122,947588,089
England161:3,482,379114,324
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Awelewa (118) may also be a first name.

Awelewa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Awelewa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Awelewa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Awelewa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Awelewa? popularity and diffusion

Awelewa is the 180,955th most commonly used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 3,097,130 people. The last name Awelewa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Awelewa reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 859,937th most prevalent first name globally, held by 118 people.

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,313 people, or 1 in 76,586. In Nigeria Awelewa is most prevalent in: Ekiti, where 30 percent reside, Lagos, where 16 percent reside and Ondo, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Awelewa Last Name Statistics demography

Awelewa earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.99% less than the national average, earning $41,861 USD per year.

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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 Awelewa
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