Awih Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Awih Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Awih (603) may also be a first name.
Awih Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awih Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awih is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awih? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,293,424th most common last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Awih are found; 65 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 340,376th most common first name at a global level, borne by 603 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 3,936,506. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 82 percent reside, Lagos, where 13 percent reside and Edo, where 2 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 20 percent reside and Indonesia, where 6 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 Awih
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