Emawa Surname
Approximately 2,574 people bear this surname
Emawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,415 | 1:40,392 | 4,505 |
| Indonesia | 110 | 1:1,202,265 | 84,863 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
Emawa (59) may also be a first name.
Emawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Emawa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻣﺎﻭﻩ) is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Emawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 167,978th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 2,831,214 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Emawa reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Emawa is also the 1,282,666th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 59 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 2,415 people, or 1 in 40,392. Other than Ethiopia Emawa occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 4 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Emawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Emawa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻣﺎﻭﻩ | amawh | 23.08 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻭ | amaw | 23.08 |
| ﺃﻣﻮﻩ | amwh | 15.38 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻭﻩ | amawh | 15.38 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻭﺍ | amawa | 3.85 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﻭ | amaw | 3.85 |
| ﺍﻣﻮﺍ | amwa | 3.85 |
| ﺃﻣﻮﺍ | amwa | 3.85 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻭﺓ | amawt | 3.85 |
| ﺃﻣﻮ | amw | 3.85 |
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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 Emawa
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