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 surname Awire is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Awire? popularity and diffusion
Awire is the 1,148,257th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 34,868,641 people. Awire occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Awire live; 69 percent live in East Africa and 58 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Awire is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread first name on earth, borne by 10 people.
It is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 496,558. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Busia County, where 97 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 1 percent reside and Mombasa County, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs 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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