Awure Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Awure Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 148 | 1:1,196,911 | 48,419 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Awure (26) may also be a first name.
Awure Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awure Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awure is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Awure.
How Common Is The Last Name Awure? popularity and diffusion
The surname Awure is the 1,333,288th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. The last name Awure is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Awure reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Awure is also the 2,084,397th most commonly held given name globally, held by 26 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 148 people, or 1 in 1,196,911. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ogun, where 25 percent reside, Kogi, where 22 percent reside and Lagos, where 14 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Awure exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 9 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Awure
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