Awah Surname
Approximately 15,165 people bear this surname
Awah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 9,507 | 1:2,185 | 230 |
| Nigeria | 3,268 | 1:54,205 | 4,125 |
| Ghana | 1,870 | 1:14,450 | 1,872 |
| Philippines | 104 | 1:973,444 | 84,902 |
| United States | 64 | 1:5,663,421 | 279,165 |
| Indonesia | 63 | 1:2,099,194 | 130,130 |
| Malaysia | 56 | 1:526,683 | 26,095 |
| Mauritania | 55 | 1:74,452 | 5,004 |
| Afghanistan | 41 | 1:784,224 | 8,247 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 1:170,497 | 8,814 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
Awah (4,144) may also be a first name.
Awah Demographics
Average Awah Salary in
United States
$39,399 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Awah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awah (Arabic: أوه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻭﺍﻩ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Awah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 34,907th most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 480,550 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Awah reside; 62 percent reside in Central Africa and 62 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 107,982nd most widely held first name internationally, borne by 4,144 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 9,507 people, or 1 in 2,185. In Cameroon Awah is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 54 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 28 percent are found and Centre Region, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in 41 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 22 percent are found and Ghana, where 12 percent are found.
Awah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Awah has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Awah surname increased 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Awah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Awah surname are 16.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 70% registered with the political party.
The amount Awah earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 80.91% more than the national average, earning R 429,900 per year and in United States they earn 8.69% less than the national average, earning $39,399 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Awah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Awah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻭﺍﻩ | awah | 43.33 |
| ﺍﻭﺍﻩ | awah | 33.33 |
| ﺁﻭﺍﻩ | awah | 20 |
| ﺍﻭﻩ | awh | 3.33 |
| Awah in the Arabic language | ||
| أوه | awh | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Awah
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