Awonu Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Awonu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Awonu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awonu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awonu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awonu? popularity and diffusion
Awonu is the 3,141,416th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Awonu reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Awonu is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 44 percent reside, Niger, where 19 percent reside and Ogun, where 19 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 13 percent reside and Ghana, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awonou | 91 | 17 | / |
| Awounou | 83 | 627 | / |
| Awonhou | 83 | 3 | / |
| Awunu | 80 | 391 | / |
| Abonu | 80 | 334 | / |
| Awenu | 80 | 194 | / |
| Awanu | 80 | 150 | / |
| Owonu | 80 | 65 | / |
| Ewonu | 80 | 32 | / |
| Avonu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Hawounou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awanou | 73 | 1,059 | / |
| Ajuonu | 73 | 753 | / |
| Abonou | 73 | 573 | / |
| Awhanu | 73 | 136 | / |
| Abounu | 73 | 54 | / |
| Avonou | 73 | 36 | / |
| Owounu | 73 | 21 | / |
| Auwanu | 73 | 18 | / |
| Awhenu | 73 | 15 | / |
| Avongu | 73 | 14 | / |
| Awunou | 73 | 13 | / |
| Owoonu | 73 | 9 | / |
| Aivonu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Awunnu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Awangu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Gowonu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Avoinu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Owuonu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ewuonu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Aboinu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Awaneu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awuunu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awuanu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aiwanu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hawunu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awunuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awanui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ajwanu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awunut | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abuonu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awwanu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awaenu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Avounou | 67 | 225 | / |
| Aiwanou | 67 | 182 | / |
| Achwanu | 67 | 120 | / |
| Abounou | 67 | 83 | / |
| Aïwanou | 67 | 67 | / |
| Achuonu | 67 | 42 | / |
| Awhannu | 67 | 33 | / |
| Aîwanou | 67 | 28 | / |
| Habonou | 67 | 22 | / |
| Owounou | 67 | 18 | / |
| Gavonou | 67 | 13 | / |
| Awanguh | 67 | 11 | / |
| Howonou | 67 | 7 | / |
| Awannou | 67 | 7 | / |
| Auwaanu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Aywanou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Avoungu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aîwenou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hawanou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ahwanou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ajwangu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aywhanu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hauwanu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aboinou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owwuonu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avonnou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awangou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aïwenou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gawungu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Awonu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis