Awoniya Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Awoniya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awoniya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria501:3,542,855104,248
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Awoniya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Awoniya Come From? nationality or country of origin

Awoniya is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Awoniya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Awoniya is the 2,718,172nd most frequent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name Awoniya occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Awoniya live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Awoniya is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 3,542,855. In Nigeria Awoniya is primarily found in: Ondo, where 88 percent reside, Ogun, where 6 percent reside and Lagos, where 4 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owoniya86145/
Awonaya86133/
Aweniya8650/
Awoniye8637/
Awoniyo866/
Awoneya862/
Aboniya861/
Awaniya861/
Awonea771/
Owonaiaya753/
Awoneye71259/
Awanaya7143/
Evaniya7129/
Gawonay7124/
Owoniyo7120/
Awoniji7112/
Aweneya7111/
Awonuyi719/
Awaniye715/
Obaniya714/
Awoneyi713/
Awonoyi713/
Owoniye713/
Owonaya713/
Awonije712/
Awunaya712/
Awuonye712/
Oboniya712/
Awonuye711/
Abaniya711/
Auwonye711/
Aboniye711/
Ovuniya711/
Aiwonye711/
Awonaye711/
Awonoye711/
Awonyie711/
Awanayah6728/
Habonaya6721/
Gavaniya673/
Abhaniya673/
Awungija671/
Ajuoniye671/
Owooniye671/
Ajvaniya671/

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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 Awoniya
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