Aweya Surname
Approximately 322 people bear this surname
Aweya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 192 | 1:384,789 | 33,038 |
| Papua New Guinea | 86 | 1:94,811 | 12,690 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Aweya (48) may also be a first name.
Aweya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aweya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Aweya is found most in The DR Congo. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Aweya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 849,693rd most commonly used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 22,632,130 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Aweya live; 60 percent live in Central Africa and 60 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most frequently used given name worldwide, borne by 48 people.
This last name is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 192 people, or 1 in 384,789. Aside from The DR Congo it occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 27 percent are found and Uganda, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Aweya
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