Awosanya Surname
Approximately 5,378 people bear this surname
Awosanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5,102 | 1:34,720 | 2,834 |
| England | 158 | 1:352,646 | 25,413 |
| United States | 99 | 1:3,661,201 | 203,401 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Awosanya (70) may also be a first name.
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Awosanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awosanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awosanya is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Awosanya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 89,239th most common surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,355,066 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Awosanya live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most frequent given name internationally, borne by 70 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5,102 people, or 1 in 34,720. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ogun, where 43 percent live, Lagos, where 38 percent live and Oyo, where 4 percent live. Other than Nigeria it exists in 13 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Awosanya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (67%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Awosanya are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 83.33% being registered with the political party.
Awosanya earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.9% more than the national average, earning $43,967 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awoshanya | 94 | 1 | / |
| Owosanya | 88 | 183 | / |
| Awosonya | 88 | 24 | / |
| Awusanya | 88 | 16 | / |
| Awosanyo | 88 | 7 | / |
| Awasanya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Awosanye | 88 | 1 | / |
| Anwasianya | 78 | 1 | / |
| Onwuosanya | 78 | 1 | / |
| Obasanya | 75 | 1,947 | / |
| Awosanjo | 75 | 10 | / |
| Owasanya | 75 | 5 | / |
| Abasanya | 75 | 3 | / |
| Awosanji | 75 | 1 | / |
| Awusonya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Awosonye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Onwusanya | 71 | 48 | / |
| Onwasanya | 71 | 14 | / |
| Owuasanya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ouwasanya | 71 | 3 | / |
| Obasannya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Anwuasonya | 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 Awosanya
- 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