Fauwa Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Fauwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Fauwa (7) may also be a first name.
Fauwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fauwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fauwa is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Fauwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fauwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fauwa is the 7,117,718th most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 43 percent of Fauwa reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 4,548,448th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 7 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Fauwa is primarily found in: Ekiti, where 33 percent are found, Kwara, where 33 percent are found and Ondo, where 33 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Fauwa is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 43 percent are found and India, where 14 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 Fauwa
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