Awose Surname
Approximately 306 people bear this surname
Awose Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 164 | 1:450,485 | 36,956 |
| Nigeria | 135 | 1:1,312,169 | 51,890 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
Awose (23) may also be a first name.
Awose Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awose Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awose occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Awose? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 881,213th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 23,815,510 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Awose reside; 54 percent reside in Central Africa and 54 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Awose is also the 2,239,265th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 23 people.
This surname is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 164 people, or 1 in 450,485. Apart from The DR Congo this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 44 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Awose
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