Awoyefa Surname
Approximately 359 people bear this surname
Awoyefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 352 | 1:503,246 | 25,072 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
Awoyefa (13) may also be a first name.
Awoyefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awoyefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awoyefa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awoyefa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Awoyefa is the 786,896th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 20,299,571 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Awoyefa are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Awoyefa is also the 3,159,357th most common first name internationally It is held by 13 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 352 people, or 1 in 503,246. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Osun, where 79 percent reside, Lagos, where 12 percent reside and Ondo, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Benin, where 1 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 Awoyefa
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