Ayanwo Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Ayanwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ayanwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayanwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ayanwo is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ayanwo.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayanwo? popularity and diffusion
Ayanwo is the 3,228,735th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ayanwo are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Ayanwo is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 4,920,632. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Oyo, where 28 percent live, Benue, where 25 percent live and Niger, where 17 percent live. Not including Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayinwo | 83 | 11 | / |
| Ayanwa | 83 | 7 | / |
| Ayanbo | 83 | 5 | / |
| Oyanwo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ayinnwo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ayanwau | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ayanbho | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yenwo | 73 | 118 | / |
| Aunwo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ajnwo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ayambo | 67 | 1,201 | / |
| Uyanwa | 67 | 234 | / |
| Ajinwo | 67 | 193 | / |
| Ehanwo | 67 | 166 | / |
| Ajunwo | 67 | 92 | / |
| Oyanbo | 67 | 62 | / |
| Oyonwo | 67 | 38 | / |
| Ayenbo | 67 | 17 | / |
| Ayinbo | 67 | 14 | / |
| Iyanbo | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ajanbo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ayunwa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ajanwa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ayonbo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ayonwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ayanba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Aianbo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ayenwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oyinwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oyanwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eyenwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ijanwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayimwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayinwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iyanwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eyanbo | 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
- 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 Ayanwo
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