Spawa Surname

849,693rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 322 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Spawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Spawa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2801:632,65329,888
Cameroon391:532,54042,124
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Spawa (222) may also be a first name.

Spawa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Spawa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Spawa is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Spawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Spawa is the 849,693rd most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 22,632,130 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Spawa are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Spawa is also the 605,116th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 222 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 280 people, or 1 in 632,653. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 64 percent live, Sokoto, where 15 percent live and Yobe, where 6 percent live. Not including Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 12 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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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 Spawa
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