Awaja Surname
Approximately 702 people bear this surname
Awaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 580 | 1:158,510 | 12,069 |
| Nigeria | 93 | 1:1,904,761 | 67,919 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Awaja (73) may also be a first name.
Awaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awaja (Arabic: عواجه, Hindi: आवाज) is found in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Awaja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awaja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 476,328th most common surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 10,381,120 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Awaja reside; 83 percent reside in North Africa and 83 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Awaja is also the 1,134,117th most frequently used forename on earth. It is borne by 73 people.
It is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 580 people, or 1 in 158,510. Beside Egypt Awaja occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 13 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Awaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Awaja in the Hindi language | ||
| आवाज | avaja | - |
| Awaja in the Arabic language | ||
| عواجه | wajh | - |
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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 Awaja
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