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 held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awuna? popularity and diffusion
The surname Awuna is the 282,448th most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 5,338,861 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Awuna reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 546,451st most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 265 people.
The last name Awuna is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,355 people, or 1 in 130,733. In Nigeria Awuna is most prevalent in: Benue, where 44 percent are found, Cross River, where 31 percent are found and Kogi, where 7 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found 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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