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 borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awure? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,333,288th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. The surname Awure occurs mostly 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 frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 26 people.
The surname Awure is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 1,196,911. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ogun, where 25 percent live, Kogi, where 22 percent live and Lagos, where 14 percent live. Not including Nigeria Awure is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 9 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 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 Awure
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