Awafi Surname

651,048th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 464 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Awafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awafi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran4051:189,58615,553
Jordan351:252,64110,356
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Palestine11:4,548,84918,388
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Awafi (161) may also be a first name.

Awafi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Awafi is most common in Iran. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Awafi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Awafi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 651,048th most frequent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 15,705,918 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Awafi are found; 87 percent are found in South Asia and 87 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Awafi is also the 722,635th most widespread forename in the world It is held by 161 people.

The surname is most widely held in Iran, where it is carried by 405 people, or 1 in 189,586. In Iran Awafi is most common in: Khuzestan Province, where 68 percent are found, Bushehr Province, where 11 percent are found and Fars Province, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Iran it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 8 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hawafi9118/
Gawafi912/
Ashwafi834/
Hawafiz831/
Hawafie831/
Hawaafi831/
Abafi80173/
Awafe8023/
Avafi8021/
Awafa8011/
Ewafi804/
Awofi803/
Awefi801/
Awafhish771/
Habafi7320/
Awaefe7317/
Awhefi7317/
Aweifi735/
Awafer732/
Awodfi731/
Awahfe731/
Abafei731/
Havafi731/
Abafui731/
Abhafij675/
Gawaafe674/
Ashvafi673/
Hawafoy672/
Hasuafi671/
Aswafee671/

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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 Awafi
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