Awire Surname
Approximately 209 people bear this surname
Awire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 93 | 1:496,558 | 25,459 |
| Uganda | 52 | 1:750,755 | 36,601 |
| Nigeria | 50 | 1:3,542,855 | 104,248 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Awire (10) may also be a first name.
Awire Demographics
Awire Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Awire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awire has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Awire.
How Common Is The Last Name Awire? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,148,257th most common family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 34,868,641 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Awire are found; 69 percent are found in East Africa and 58 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Awire is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent first name globally, borne by 10 people.
The last name Awire is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 496,558. In Kenya Awire is mostly found in: Busia County, where 97 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 1 percent reside and Mombasa County, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 25 percent reside and Nigeria, where 24 percent reside.
Awire Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Awire surname is chiefly Christian (67%) in Kenya.
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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 Awire
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