Awenu Surname
Approximately 194 people bear this surname
Awenu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 167 | 1:233,768 | 17,802 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Awenu (41) may also be a first name.
Awenu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awenu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awenu has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awenu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,210,518th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 37,564,670 people. The last name Awenu is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Awenu are found; 86 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 41 people.
The surname Awenu is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 167 people, or 1 in 233,768. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Soroti District, where 57 percent reside, Serere District, where 23 percent reside and Kaberamaido District, where 5 percent reside. Not including Uganda this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 10 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 4 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 Awenu
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