Awase Surname
Approximately 1,176 people bear this surname
Awase Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 961 | 1:184,332 | 11,237 |
| Yemen | 131 | 1:201,720 | 8,568 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Ãwase (1) are calculated separately.
Awase (1,603) may also be a first name.
Awase Demographics
Awase Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Awase Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awase Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awase (Hindi: अवासे, Marathi: आवसे) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Ãwase. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awase? popularity and diffusion
The surname Awase is the 318,279th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 6,196,893 people. The last name Awase occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Awase reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Awase is also the 193,005th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 1,603 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 961 people, or 1 in 184,332. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 78 percent are found, Cross River, where 11 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 11 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.
Awase Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Awase last name is principally Christian (94%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Awase Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Awase in the Hindi language | ||
| अवासे | avase | - |
| Awase in the Marathi language | ||
| आवसे | avase | 66.67 |
| अवासे | avase | 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 Awase
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