Idawa Surname
Approximately 734 people bear this surname
Idawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 572 | 1:92,555 | 9,257 |
| Japan | 43 | 1:2,973,123 | 32,937 |
| Benin | 32 | 1:322,988 | 25,835 |
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | 1:263,023 | 35,917 |
| Niger | 30 | 1:639,734 | 15,675 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Idawa (43) may also be a first name.
Idawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Idawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Idawa is most common in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Idawa? popularity and diffusion
Idawa is the 460,168th most widely held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 9,928,537 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Idawa reside; 78 percent reside in East Africa and 78 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Idawa is also the 1,545,828th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 43 people.
Idawa is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 572 people, or 1 in 92,555. In Tanzania Idawa is most frequent in: Njombe Region, where 69 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 16 percent reside and Tanga Region, where 13 percent reside. Not including Tanzania this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Japan, where 6 percent reside and Benin, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Idawa
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