Awuba Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Awuba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awuba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria731:2,426,61380,686
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Awuba (55) may also be a first name.

Awuba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Awuba occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Awuba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,106,139th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. The last name Awuba is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Awuba reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Awuba is also the 1,336,256th most commonly held forename globally, borne by 55 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 2,426,613. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Federal Capital Territory, where 19 percent live, Nasarawa, where 16 percent live and Niger, where 16 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Awouba9195/
Awubau912/
Awhuba911/
Gawuba911/
Hawuba911/
Auwhuba831/
Abuba804,977/
Ewuba80134/
Awubi80105/
Awoba8040/
Owuba8029/
Awube803/
Awiba803/
Awubo801/
Abouba7313,264/
Habuba73224/
Abubha73125/
Gavuba7355/
Ewhuba7335/
Abubaa7315/
Abuhba7310/
Owubah738/
Abubai737/
Abubay736/
Owouba735/
Ehwuba734/
Owubaa733/
Ewauba732/
Avouba732/
Awuboh732/
Ewubah732/
Awoubo732/
Owuiba731/
Aywubo731/
Avubai731/
Awubou731/
Awibai731/
Ovauba731/
Ewouba731/
Abuiba731/
Awoube731/
Habouba67602/
Abubhai6750/
Aboubaa6714/
Aboubai6712/
Havubai675/
Aboubha673/
Aabouba672/
Awhaube671/
Haibuba671/
Ahbouba671/
Abubaih671/
Awoubou671/
Aboubea671/
Owuibai671/
Ahjbuba671/
Awuibou671/
Habubaj671/

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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 Awuba
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