Al Awad Surname

31,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,040 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Jordan

Al Awad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Awad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria6,4331:3,000357
Jordan3,6581:2,417466
Sudan2,8001:13,3961,853
Kuwait1,2341:3,080403
Lebanon1,1291:4,993882
Saudi Arabia8351:36,9535,288
Yemen5641:46,8533,829
United Arab Emirates1471:62,3285,951
Iraq1101:318,3796,214
Palestine771:59,0765,556
Sweden191:518,25037,550
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Iran61:12,797,087199,837
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
England31:18,572,686338,250
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Al Awad Last Name Facts

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

The surname Al Awad is found in Syria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Al Awad click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Awad? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 31,341st most common family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 427,673 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Al Awad reside; 83 percent reside in West Asia and 67 percent reside in Levant.

Al Awad is most frequently used in Syria, where it is borne by 6,433 people, or 1 in 3,000. In Syria it is primarily concentrated in: Homs Governorate, where 47 percent live, Aleppo Governorate, where 45 percent live and Damascus Governorate, where 8 percent live. Apart from Syria this surname is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 21 percent live and Sudan, where 16 percent live.

Al Awad Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Sunni (81%) in Lebanon.

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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
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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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