Awuna Surname
Approximately 1,365 people bear this surname
Awuna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,355 | 1:130,733 | 8,501 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Awuna (265) may also be a first name.
Awuna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awuna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awuna is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Awuna? popularity and diffusion
The last name Awuna is the 282,448th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,338,861 people. Awuna occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Awuna live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 546,451st most numerous first name internationally, borne by 265 people.
Awuna is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,355 people, or 1 in 130,733. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 44 percent are found, Cross River, where 31 percent are found and Kogi, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Awuna
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