Awona Surname
Approximately 1,317 people bear this surname
Awona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,209 | 1:17,179 | 2,357 |
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
The alternate forms: Àwona (1) are calculated separately.
Awona (123) may also be a first name.
Awona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awona is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Àwona. Click here for further possible spellings of Awona.
How Common Is The Last Name Awona? popularity and diffusion
The surname Awona is the 290,699th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,533,444 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Awona reside; 92 percent reside in Central Africa and 91 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 840,349th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 123 people.
It is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,209 people, or 1 in 17,179. In Cameroon Awona is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 85 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 6 percent reside and South Region, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 6 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 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 Awona
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