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
The last name Aywa is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aywa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Aywa is the 459,598th most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,915,028 people. The last name Aywa is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Aywa reside; 84 percent reside in East Africa and 42 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Aywa is also the 287,241st most commonly used forename on earth, held by 810 people.
The surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 613 people, or 1 in 75,334. In Kenya Aywa is mostly found in: Vihiga County, where 46 percent live, Kakamega County, where 32 percent live and Nairobi County, where 16 percent live. Besides Kenya it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 15 percent live and Niger, where 1 percent live.
Aywa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Aywa last name is principally 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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