Al Awam Surname
Approximately 570 people bear this surname
Al Awam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 383 | 1:68,996 | 4,890 |
| Kuwait | 116 | 1:32,765 | 4,071 |
| Lebanon | 24 | 1:234,878 | 9,056 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Tunisia | 12 | 1:50,886 | 6,752 |
| Syria | 6 | 1:3,216,837 | 11,326 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Al Awam Demographics
Al Awam Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Al Awam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Awam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Al Awam occurs in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Awam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Al Awam is the 557,722nd most widespread surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 12,785,168 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Al Awam live; 97 percent live in West Asia and 88 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.
This last name is most widely held in Yemen, where it is carried by 383 people, or 1 in 68,996. In Yemen Al Awam is most prevalent in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 54 percent are found, Dhamar Governorate, where 22 percent are found and Aden Governorate, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Yemen this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Kuwait, where 20 percent are found and Lebanon, where 4 percent are found.
Al Awam Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Druze (70%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Awaim | 93 | 28 | / |
| Al Hawam | 93 | 11 | / |
| Al Awaam | 93 | 1 | / |
| Al Awwam | 93 | 1 | / |
| Al Hawamd | 88 | 1 | / |
| Al-Awam | 86 | 250 | / |
| Al Awan | 86 | 23 | / |
| Al Awang | 80 | 40 | / |
| Al Awain | 80 | 6 | / |
| Al Aiwan | 80 | 3 | / |
| Al Awwan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Al Aybam | 80 | 1 | / |
| Al-Awwam | 80 | 1 | / |
| Al Aawan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Al Owaism | 75 | 58 | / |
| Al Ashwan | 75 | 5 | / |
| Al Hawain | 75 | 1 | / |
| Al Hajwan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Al Awajneh | 71 | 349 | / |
| Al Avan | 71 | 44 | / |
| Al Aban | 71 | 11 | / |
| Al Awon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Al-Awan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Al-Hawatim | 71 | 1 | / |
| Al Aiban | 67 | 375 | / |
| Al Owain | 67 | 242 | / |
| Al Hawassen | 67 | 8 | / |
| Al Ajban | 67 | 2 | / |
| Al Aiwon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Al Owayn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Al Ayban | 67 | 1 | / |
| Al-Awane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Al-Awand | 67 | 1 | / |
| Al Haban | 67 | 1 | / |
| Al Hawajneh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Al Owaan | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Al Awam
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