Awura Surname
Approximately 258 people bear this surname
Awura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 225 | 1:787,301 | 35,295 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Awura (955) may also be a first name.
Awura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awura is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awura? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 993,593rd most prevalent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 28,246,302 people. Awura occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Awura live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 261,239th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 955 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 225 people, or 1 in 787,301. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Cross River, where 48 percent live, Nasarawa, where 12 percent live and Bayelsa, where 11 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Awura occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 6 percent live and Ghana, where 3 percent live.
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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 Awura
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