Awiye Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Awiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 106 | 1:1,671,158 | 61,739 |
| Cameroon | 39 | 1:532,540 | 42,124 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Awiye (40) may also be a first name.
Awiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awiye is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Awiye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,391,595th most prevalent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Awiye reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 40 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 1,671,158. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ekiti, where 33 percent reside, Ogun, where 23 percent reside and Lagos, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, 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 Awiye
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