Awouignan Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Awouignan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awouignan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1221:84,7189,949
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Awouignan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Awouignan is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Awouignan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,628,521st most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Awouignan live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 84,718. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 91 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 7 percent are found and Collines Department, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Benin it exists in one country. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Awouingnan958/
Awouignon891/
Awouinyan891/
Awouhingan846/
Abouinan82274/
Awouinon828/
Abouainan785/
Awohingan782/
Aboainain671/
Awoenon631/
Owoenang591/
Asuaenan591/
Asuaenang5614/

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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
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  • 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 Awouignan
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