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
Fauwa is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fauwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 43 percent of Fauwa are found; 43 percent are found in West Africa and 43 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fauwa is also the 4,548,448th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 7 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ekiti, where 33 percent are found, Kwara, where 33 percent are found and Ondo, where 33 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 43 percent are found and India, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis