Awema Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Awema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Awema (845) may also be a first name.
Awema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awema is most common in The DR Congo. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Awema? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,061,309th most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Awema live; 66 percent live in Central Africa and 66 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Awema is also the 280,595th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 845 people.
The last name is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 1,343,265. Apart from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 16 percent live and Benin, where 12 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 Awema
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