Awape Surname

1,111,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 219 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Awape Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awape Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea2011:40,5664,927
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192

Awape (55) may also be a first name.

Awape Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Awape Come From? nationality or country of origin

Awape occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Awape? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,111,382nd most numerous surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 33,276,465 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Awape are found; 92 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 92 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,336,256th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 55 people.

The last name Awape is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 201 people, or 1 in 40,566. In Papua New Guinea Awape is most common in: Southern Highlands, where 83 percent are found, Morobe, where 5 percent are found and Hela, where 5 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hawape9112/
Aiwape916/
Auwape913/
Awuape911/
Awap8961/
Hawap80117/
Awope8090/
Awapi8065/
Aiwap8060/
Abape8025/
Owape8023/
Awapa8023/
Awaup8022/
Awepe8017/
Aswap8016/
Ewape8010/
Awaip809/
Avape803/
Awwap801/
Auwap801/
Hewape73178/
Awapai7360/
Hawapa7327/
Awoupe739/
Ajuape738/
Hawapi735/
Awopeu735/
Avaape733/
Awahap732/
Ewaipe731/
Abaape731/
Abaphe731/
Abapey731/
Gavape731/
Abapeh731/
Awapyo731/
Awiepe731/
Awapio731/
Awab67889/
Awop6782/
Awojope6727/
Abap6713/
Owap679/
Hauwapi673/
Awapowa671/
Evaaipe671/
Awepeuj671/
Avap671/
Hawapch671/
Awaipai671/

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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 Awape
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