Hawawu Surname
Approximately 1,779 people bear this surname
Hawawu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,293 | 1:137,001 | 8,836 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Hawawu (36,352) may also be a first name.
Hawawu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hawawu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hawawu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hawawu? popularity and diffusion
Hawawu is the 227,923rd most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 4,096,428 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hawawu live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 24,008th most widely held forename in the world It is held by 36,352 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,293 people, or 1 in 137,001. In Nigeria it is most common in: Niger, where 49 percent are found, Zamfara, where 20 percent are found and Sokoto, where 9 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 27 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hauwawu | 92 | 424 | / |
| Hawawou | 92 | 16 | / |
| Hawawau | 92 | 2 | / |
| Hawuawu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Haawawu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Hawwawu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Chawawu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Awawu | 91 | 1,065 | / |
| Hhawawau | 86 | 6 | / |
| Hawauwau | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hawwawou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Awawou | 83 | 98 | / |
| Jawawu | 83 | 12 | / |
| Auwawu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Awahwu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Awaawu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Awaswu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Awawuh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Awaiwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Awauwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hauwauwau | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aswawut | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ewawu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Owawu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Awowu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chawabou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hauwawau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hababu | 67 | 31 | / |
| Aybawu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Havabu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Havavu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gavawu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awahbu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Asuawu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aweabu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awewou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obaawu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aweywu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awhawu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abhawu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owaiwu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Hawawu
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