Awouma Surname
Approximately 559 people bear this surname
Awouma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 555 | 1:37,422 | 5,006 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Awouma (29) may also be a first name.
Awouma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awouma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awouma is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Awouma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 565,867th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 13,036,755 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Awouma reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 87 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequent first name in the world, borne by 29 people.
The last name Awouma is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 555 people, or 1 in 37,422. In Cameroon Awouma is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 54 percent are found, South Region, where 26 percent are found and East Region, where 15 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in France, where 0 percent are found and Denmark, where 0 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 Awouma
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