Awa is used as a family name or surname in Nigeria. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Awa
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Nigeria
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Awa

How popular is Awa?

Awa is common in Nigeria.

Awa is ranked 15744 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Awas grew by 29.36508 per cent to 326 since 2000 and ranked 61585 after elevating 10437 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 33.44 19.84
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 28.53 46.83
Others 25.15 19.05
White 9.82 9.52
Awa is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Cameroon is ahead in terms of density. Around 33376 people have been found who wears Awa as their family name. Awa is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,868 Japan10
1,372 Nepal4
35,184 Poland3
9,500 Ghana3
7,993 Jordan3
108,034 Italy3
931 Gabon3
10,329 Pakistan3
18,035 Egypt2
1,328 Congo2
24,269 Peru2
4,302 Benin2
261 Solomon Islands2
1,333 Guam2
20,186 Kenya2
13,552 Qatar2
5,318 Iraq2
8,657 Lebanon2
2,152 Niger2
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
2,057 Myanmar1
4,249 Cambodia1
37,779 Serbia1
42,479 Greece1
91,024 Belgium1
10,190 Bahrain1
30,360 Thailand1
28,746 Algeria1
49,101 Denmark1
880 Djibouti1
36,678 Singapore1
7,895 South Korea1
81,201 Switzerland1
9,498 Iceland1
13,447 Uganda1
3,350 Fiji1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
7,292 Vietnam1
1,005 The Gambia1
12,741 Ecuador1
613 Central African Republic1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
26,164 Sweden36
12,692 Scotland33
17,064 New Zealand31
52,947 Netherlands31
92,417 Australia17
477,287 India16
91,381 Spain12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
83,365 Brazil95
1,434 Senegal91
47,891 England81
52,053 Canada59
Countries with hundreds of Awa:
2,193 Burkina Faso379
72,544 United States337
34,330 Germany303
1,270 Mauritania270
17,962 Morocco268
13,453 Saudi Arabia231
10,151 Malaysia177
66,174 France147
35,546 South Africa146
Countries with thousands of Awa:
405 Cameroon7,037
884 Syria3,821
6,969 Indonesia1,933
496 Mali1,753
1,457 Ivory Coast1,753
548 Papua New Guinea1,743
9,133 Philippines1,611
Countries with ten thousands of Awa:
2,302 Nigeria10,851
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Awa was 16 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 4, 1847. She lived in Ireland where she worked as immigrant and took Robinson from Newry.

Awa Namesakes

  • Ali Abdi Aware, Politician
  • Mahad Abdalle Awad, Politician
  • Abdulhameed Awadh, Soccer player
  • Theyab Awana, Soccer player
  • Abhishek Awasthi, Film producer
  • Adel Awad, Film director
  • Adel Awad, Film director
  • Adel Awad, Musical Artist
  • Aden Robleh Awaleh, Politician
  • Ahmadou Awal, Author

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