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

Spawa is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Spawa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Spawa is the 849,693rd most frequent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 22,632,130 people. The surname Spawa is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Spawa reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Spawa is also the 605,116th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 222 people.

Spawa is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 280 people, or 1 in 632,653. In Nigeria Spawa is mostly concentrated in: Zamfara, where 64 percent are found, Sokoto, where 15 percent are found and Yobe, where 6 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 12 percent are found and Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.

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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