Azuwa Surname
Approximately 217 people bear this surname
Azuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 107 | 1:1,655,540 | 61,311 |
| Cameroon | 43 | 1:483,002 | 39,429 |
| Malaysia | 34 | 1:867,477 | 39,690 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Azuwa (182) may also be a first name.
Azuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Azuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Azuwa is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Azuwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Azuwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Azuwa is the 1,118,459th most widely held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 33,583,161 people. The last name Azuwa is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Azuwa reside; 49 percent reside in West Africa and 49 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 675,152nd most numerous forename world-wide, held by 182 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 107 people, or 1 in 1,655,540. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 24 percent live, Taraba, where 15 percent live and Bayelsa, where 13 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 20 percent live and Malaysia, where 16 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Azuwa
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