Awani Surname
Approximately 2,628 people bear this surname
Awani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 981 | 1:180,574 | 11,094 |
| Iran | 718 | 1:106,939 | 10,303 |
| Indonesia | 265 | 1:499,054 | 40,843 |
| Papua New Guinea | 147 | 1:55,467 | 7,053 |
| Benin | 69 | 1:149,791 | 15,556 |
| Niger | 65 | 1:295,262 | 8,917 |
| Philippines | 56 | 1:1,807,825 | 113,961 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| United States | 54 | 1:6,712,202 | 314,667 |
| England | 37 | 1:1,505,893 | 64,828 |
| Pakistan | 27 | 1:6,616,440 | 38,275 |
| United Arab Emirates | 23 | 1:398,360 | 23,003 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Syria | 16 | 1:1,206,314 | 7,138 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
The alternate forms: Ãwani (5) are calculated separately.
Awani (1,196) may also be a first name.
Awani Demographics
Average Awani Salary in
United States
$52,904 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Awani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awani (Arabic: العواني, Hindi: अवनि, Marathi: अवनी, Oriya: ାନି) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Ãwani. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awani? popularity and diffusion
The surname Awani is the 164,918th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,773,039 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 46 percent of Awani live; 43 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Awani is also the 229,161st most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 1,196 people.
The surname Awani is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 981 people, or 1 in 180,574. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 45 percent are found, Lagos, where 13 percent are found and Ondo, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 32 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 27 percent are found and Indonesia, where 10 percent are found.
Awani Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Awani surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 85.71% being registered with the political party.
Awani earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 22.61% more than the national average, earning $52,904 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Awani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Awani in the Oriya language | ||
| ାନି | ani | - |
| Awani in the Marathi language | ||
| अवनी | avani | 95.83 |
| पातानी | patani | 4.17 |
| Awani in the Hindi language | ||
| अवनि | avani | 53.57 |
| अवनी | avani | 42.86 |
| अश्वनी | asvani | 3.57 |
| Awani in the Arabic language | ||
| العواني | alwany | - |
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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 Awani
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