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
Awenu is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awenu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,210,518th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 37,564,670 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Awenu live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Awenu is also the 1,590,275th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 41 people.
The last name is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 167 people, or 1 in 233,768. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Soroti District, where 57 percent live, Serere District, where 23 percent live and Kaberamaido District, where 5 percent live. Excluding Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 10 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 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 Awenu
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