Awae Surname

58,698th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,605 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Awae Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awae Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand8,3731:8,436414
Papua New Guinea801:101,92113,735
Malaysia451:655,42731,286
Cameroon341:610,85546,287
Indonesia261:5,086,507239,866
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
India111:69,733,217610,955
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Awae (1,184) may also be a first name.

Awae Last Name Facts

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

Awae is found in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Awae.

How Common Is The Last Name Awae? popularity and diffusion

The last name Awae is the 58,698th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 846,897 people. The last name Awae is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Awae reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 97 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Awae is also the 230,515th most numerous forename globally. It is borne by 1,184 people.

It is most frequently used in Thailand, where it is held by 8,373 people, or 1 in 8,436. In Thailand it is most frequent in: Narathiwat Province, where 54 percent live, Pattani Province, where 25 percent live and Yala Province, where 8 percent live. Outside of Thailand this last name occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.

Awae Last Name Statistics demography

Awae earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 82.28% more than the national average, earning $78,650 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hawae891,489/
Awaeh89166/
Auwae89131/
Awahe8953/
Awaea8929/
Awa'e8912/
Aewae897/
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Ahwae891/
Eawae891/
Awaiye80184/
Hawaee809/
Hawaes806/
Hahwae802/
Haewae801/
Awwaed801/
Awahes801/
Awaess801/
Auwaea801/
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Hawaeh801/
Hauwae801/
Awajie801/
Awoe751,136/
Avae75694/
Aweu75147/
Ewae7551/
Owae7541/
Haywahe7312/
Hawajie736/
Ajwaher731/
Ahwahey731/
Hawahet731/
Hawaher731/
Aswaije731/
Awoua67211/
Gavae67106/
Havae6778/
Awahi6757/
Oweae6725/
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Eweae6716/
Owaea6713/
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Awaua677/
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Auweu673/
Ouwae673/
Gawoe673/
Ojwae672/
Ayuae672/
Abaeh672/
Abeae671/
Ewaeh671/
Ahbae671/
Awohe671/
Owaey671/
Haweu671/
Avaet671/
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Awoes671/
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Awuai671/
Euwae671/
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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 Awae
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