Awany Surname
Approximately 4,414 people bear this surname
Awany Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 4,095 | 1:9,533 | 1,614 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Awany (113) may also be a first name.
Awany Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awany Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awany is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awany? popularity and diffusion
Awany is the 106,000th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,651,007 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Awany are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Awany is also the 881,625th most commonly held given name on earth, borne by 113 people.
The last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 4,095 people, or 1 in 9,533. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Alebtong District, where 25 percent live, Lira District, where 16 percent live and Oyam District, where 12 percent live. Besides Uganda Awany exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Awany
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