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 carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ayawa is the 353,999th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 7,089,052 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Ayawa reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ayawa is also the 68,532nd most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 8,461 people.
The last name Ayawa is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 554 people, or 1 in 319,752. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Niger, where 68 percent are found, Kaduna, where 12 percent are found and Cross River, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found 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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