Awunde Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Awunde Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 124 | 1:1,428,571 | 55,237 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Awunde (37) may also be a first name.
Awunde Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awunde Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awunde is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Awunde? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,589,322nd most common surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Awunde reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Awunde is also the 1,688,769th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 37 people.
This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 1,428,571. In Nigeria Awunde is most frequent in: Benue, where 71 percent live, Nasarawa, where 15 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awundeh | 92 | 7 | / |
| Awounde | 92 | 5 | / |
| Hawunde | 92 | 1 | / |
| Awoundje | 86 | 1 | / |
| Abunde | 83 | 732 | / |
| Awunda | 83 | 390 | / |
| Awonde | 83 | 114 | / |
| Awundi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ewunde | 83 | 2 | / |
| Owunde | 83 | 1 | / |
| Avounde | 77 | 62 | / |
| Avgunde | 77 | 55 | / |
| Awoundi | 77 | 21 | / |
| Awounda | 77 | 11 | / |
| Avundes | 77 | 10 | / |
| Gavunde | 77 | 10 | / |
| Abeunde | 77 | 5 | / |
| Abuunde | 77 | 4 | / |
| Awonnde | 77 | 3 | / |
| Abundej | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awundii | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aywundi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abundea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ewounde | 77 | 1 | / |
| Owounde | 77 | 1 | / |
| Habunde | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abundei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oswunde | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aboundeh | 71 | 122 | / |
| Avaundje | 71 | 2 | / |
| Havgunde | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hewounde | 71 | 1 | / |
| Awusendi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abundi | 67 | 1,080 | / |
| Obunde | 67 | 1,056 | / |
| Awonda | 67 | 217 | / |
| Evunde | 67 | 110 | / |
| Abundy | 67 | 104 | / |
| Avundi | 67 | 43 | / |
| Avunda | 67 | 30 | / |
| Owunda | 67 | 15 | / |
| Owundi | 67 | 8 | / |
| Awondi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Owonde | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ovunde | 67 | 3 | / |
| Avinde | 67 | 2 | / |
| Awondy | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Awunde
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