Awaje Surname
Approximately 830 people bear this surname
Awaje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 799 | 1:221,706 | 13,081 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
The alternate forms: Ãwaje (1) are calculated separately.
Awaje (464) may also be a first name.
Awaje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awaje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awaje (Marathi: आवजे) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Ãwaje. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awaje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 418,547th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 8,780,176 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Awaje live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 395,684th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 464 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 799 people, or 1 in 221,706. In Nigeria Awaje is primarily found in: Nasarawa, where 50 percent live, Kaduna, where 29 percent live and Kano, where 8 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 2 percent live and Venezuela, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Awaje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Awaje in the Marathi language | ||
| आवजे | avaje | 66.67 |
| आवाजे | avaje | 33.33 |
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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 Awaje
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