Awiya Surname
Approximately 1,629 people bear this surname
Awiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 1,155 | 1:6,275 | 1,305 |
| Uganda | 124 | 1:314,833 | 21,485 |
| Nigeria | 66 | 1:2,683,981 | 86,518 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Niger | 58 | 1:330,897 | 9,684 |
| Papua New Guinea | 54 | 1:150,995 | 20,848 |
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| Benin | 15 | 1:689,040 | 39,432 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Awiya (460) may also be a first name.
Awiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awiya is most common in Togo. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Awiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Awiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 244,515th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,473,632 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Awiya are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Awiya is also the 397,789th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 460 people.
The surname Awiya is most commonly held in Togo, where it is carried by 1,155 people, or 1 in 6,275. Excluding Togo Awiya exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 8 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 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 Awiya
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