Awisa Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Awisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 111 | 1:1,595,881 | 59,722 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Awisa (94) may also be a first name.
Awisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awisa is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awisa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Awisa is the 1,248,410th most frequently held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 39,392,140 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Awisa live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Awisa is also the 980,251st most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 94 people.
The last name Awisa is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 111 people, or 1 in 1,595,881. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 62 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 32 percent live and Lagos, where 2 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 18 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 11 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 Awisa
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