Awocha Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Awocha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Awocha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awocha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awocha is found most in Nigeria. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Awocha.
How Common Is The Last Name Awocha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Awocha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Awocha reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 75 percent reside and Benue, where 25 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 17 percent reside and Niger, where 17 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
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- 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 Awocha
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