Ayawa Surname
Approximately 1,028 people bear this surname
Ayawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 554 | 1:319,752 | 17,594 |
| Cameroon | 228 | 1:91,092 | 10,928 |
| Philippines | 98 | 1:1,033,043 | 87,420 |
| New Caledonia | 88 | 1:3,139 | 455 |
| Ivory Coast | 29 | 1:795,560 | 21,349 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ayawa (8,461) may also be a first name.
Ayawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ayawa is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ayawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 353,999th most numerous surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 7,089,052 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Ayawa are found; 57 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ayawa is also the 68,532nd most widely held forename worldwide, held by 8,461 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 554 people, or 1 in 319,752. In Nigeria Ayawa is most numerous in: Niger, where 68 percent are found, Kaduna, where 12 percent are found and Cross River, where 5 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Ayawa occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 22 percent are found and The Philippines, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Ayawa
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