Awota Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Awota Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Awota (26) may also be a first name.
Awota Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awota Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awota occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Awota? popularity and diffusion
Awota is the 1,931,261st most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Awota live; 37 percent live in West Africa and 35 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 26 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 5,714,283. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 71 percent reside, Kogi, where 13 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 23 percent reside.
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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 Awota
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