Aywa Surname
Approximately 735 people bear this surname
Aywa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 613 | 1:75,334 | 7,031 |
| Yemen | 111 | 1:238,066 | 9,093 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Aywa (810) may also be a first name.
Aywa Demographics
Aywa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Aywa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aywa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Aywa is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Aywa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Aywa is the 459,598th most widespread last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 9,915,028 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Aywa live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 42 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 287,241st most prevalent forename at a global level, borne by 810 people.
The surname Aywa is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 613 people, or 1 in 75,334. In Kenya it is most common in: Vihiga County, where 46 percent live, Kakamega County, where 32 percent live and Nairobi County, where 16 percent live. Other than Kenya this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 15 percent live and Niger, where 1 percent live.
Aywa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Aywa surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Aywa
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