Awuha Surname

919,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 288 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Awuha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awuha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2851:621,55429,491
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Awuha (117) may also be a first name.

Awuha Last Name Facts

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

The last name Awuha has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Awuha? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 919,444th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 25,303,979 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Awuha live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 864,112th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 117 people.

Awuha is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 285 people, or 1 in 621,554. In Nigeria Awuha is most prevalent in: Benue, where 95 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent live and Ogun, where 1 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent live and Indonesia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hawuha9126/
Awuah8041,584/
Awoua80211/
Ahwua8014/
Awaua807/
Awuua807/
Avuha804/
Awuho802/
Owuha802/
Ajwua802/
Abuhaj73147/
Abouha7361/
Hawoua7357/
Awujia7331/
Gaweua738/
Awujja734/
Aiwoua731/
Abuhah731/
Abuuha731/
Awuyea731/
Awouho731/
Awouai731/
Hawaua731/
Ewouha731/
Abouhaj67219/
Abuhija6714/
Auhbuha674/
Ahwwaua671/
Awouhou671/
Abouhai671/
Abouhaa671/
Ahywoua671/

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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 Awuha
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