Awowe Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Awowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Awowe (11) may also be a first name.
Awowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awowe is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Awowe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,798,600th most commonly held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Awowe reside; 70 percent reside in Central Africa and 59 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Awowe is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 11 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 85 percent live, North Region, where 5 percent live and Northwest Region, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 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 Awowe
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