Rawaya Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Rawaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Rawaya (22) may also be a first name.
Rawaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rawaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rawaya occurs most in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rawaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,843,861st most frequent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Rawaya live; 49 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 22 people.
Rawaya is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria Rawaya is most numerous in: Plateau, where 91 percent live, Bauchi, where 4 percent live and Jigawa, where 4 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 47 percent live and Pakistan, where 2 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 Rawaya
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