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 borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awouma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Awouma is the 565,867th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 13,036,755 people. The last name Awouma occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Awouma live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 87 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 29 people.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 555 people, or 1 in 37,422. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 54 percent live, South Region, where 26 percent live and East Region, where 15 percent live. Besides Cameroon Awouma occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 0 percent live and Denmark, where 0 percent live.
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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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