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 occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fauwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,117,718th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 43 percent of Fauwa reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fauwa is also the 4,548,448th most widely held forename internationally, borne by 7 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Fauwa is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 33 percent live, Kwara, where 33 percent live and Ondo, where 33 percent live. Barring Nigeria Fauwa is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 43 percent live and India, where 14 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
- 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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