Awuja Surname

772,238th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 368 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Awuja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awuja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3461:511,97325,378
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406

Awuja (26) may also be a first name.

Awuja Last Name Facts

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

The surname Awuja is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Awuja? popularity and diffusion

The last name Awuja is the 772,238th most frequent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 19,803,114 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Awuja live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently held forename at a global level. It is borne by 26 people.

The last name Awuja is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 346 people, or 1 in 511,973. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kogi, where 35 percent are found, Lagos, where 13 percent are found and Abia, where 10 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found and Ghana, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Awudja91295/
Awujat9113/
Awujah9113/
Awujja914/
Awujay911/
Awuj894/
Awoudja83878/
Abuja801,605/
Awusa801,596/
Awaja80702/
Awuya80444/
Awuje80367/
Awoja80153/
Awujo80148/
Awuji80129/
Avuja8067/
Awuza8058/
Owuja8012/
Awuua807/
Awuaa807/
Awuca806/
Awuia805/
Awuoa804/
Ajwua802/
Awuij801/
Awuay801/
Awajah731,200/
Awuyah73375/
Awusah73298/
Hawaja73142/
Abujah73120/
Awuzia73105/
Awuawe7365/
Abujaa7332/
Abuhja7329/
Awhaja7326/
Auvoja7324/
Awijah7320/
Hawusa7313/
Awucai739/
Awouza738/
Awujuo736/
Awujjo736/
Auvuja735/
Habuja735/
Awuaji734/
Awuaha734/
Hawuya734/
Hawuza733/
Awuyat733/
Awojat733/
Ahuaja732/
Auwuya732/
Awujie732/
Awouji732/
Awuzah732/
Awuaii731/
Aavuja731/
Ahuija731/
Gawoja731/
Hawuaa731/
Awouje731/
Aawuje731/
Awuajo731/
Hawuay731/
Awaaja731/
Awujoo731/
Ajwuoa731/
Hawuji731/
Ahwaja731/
Abhuja731/
Asueja731/
Awouia731/
Awuuya731/
Awijia731/
Awijja731/
Awousa731/
Awuoje731/
Awai673,388/
Abuj672,580/
Awuy671,081/
Awaj67908/
Awoa67692/
Awea67407/
Awui67358/
Away67338/
Awou67326/
Awaa67279/
Awau67248/
Hawijah67225/
Aweu67147/
Hawajah67113/
Awouzoa6745/
Awoudjo6745/
Hawusah679/
Avuj676/
Awoj676/
Awej674/
Habujah673/
Ahawaja671/
Aywuisa671/
Awajowa671/
Hawhaja671/
Hawouje671/
Owujaha671/
Awouzia671/
Awujjoi671/
Awuzzia671/
Awaajah671/
Owuj671/
Awij671/

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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 Awuja
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