Awoja Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Awoja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 144 | 1:271,106 | 19,583 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Awoja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awoja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awoja is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awoja? popularity and diffusion
Awoja is the 1,415,499th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,631,019 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Awoja reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is carried by 144 people, or 1 in 271,106. In Uganda Awoja is most prevalent in: Serere District, where 65 percent live, Ngora District, where 12 percent live and Soroti District, where 11 percent live. Excluding Uganda this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 5 percent live and Kenya, where 1 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 Awoja
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