Awoji Surname
Approximately 426 people bear this surname
Awoji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 421 | 1:420,767 | 21,816 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Awoji (26) may also be a first name.
Awoji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awoji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awoji is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awoji? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 693,669th most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 17,106,915 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Awoji reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Awoji is also the 2,084,397th most commonly used forename worldwide, held by 26 people.
Awoji is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 421 people, or 1 in 420,767. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Rivers, where 15 percent reside, Benue, where 14 percent reside and Kogi, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 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 Awoji
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