Awop Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Awop Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awop Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria491:3,615,158105,602
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Awop Last Name Facts

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

Awop occurs most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Awop? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,075,631st most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 62 percent of Awop reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Awop is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 3,615,158. In Nigeria Awop is mostly found in: Cross River, where 98 percent are found and Rivers, where 2 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 22 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Awope8990/
Auwop895/
Awoup891/
Awhop891/
Aiwop891/
Awoupe809/
Awap7561/
Ewop7552/
Abop7523/
Awob754/
Avop752/
Owop751/
Owope67619/
Ayuop67246/
Awape67219/
Hawap67117/
Aiwap6760/
Aswap6716/
Awoob675/
Aywob675/
Gowop673/
Awoub672/
Awwap671/
Aeuop671/
Auwap671/
Ajbop671/
Awouv671/
Howop670/

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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 Awop
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