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 surname Awocha is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awocha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,593,402nd most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Awocha live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Awocha is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Awocha is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 75 percent live and Benue, where 25 percent live. Beside Nigeria Awocha exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 17 percent live and Niger, where 17 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
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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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