Awaseb Surname

460,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 733 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Awaseb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awaseb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia7211:3,342582
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Awaseb Last Name Facts

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

The surname Awaseb occurs in Namibia more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Awaseb? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 460,648th most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 9,942,082 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Awaseb reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Awaseb is most commonly occurring in Namibia, where it is held by 721 people, or 1 in 3,342. In Namibia it is most prevalent in: Otjozondjupa Region, where 43 percent are found, Khomas Region, where 28 percent are found and Erongo Region, where 21 percent are found. Barring Namibia Awaseb exists in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gawaseb929/
Awoseb8355/
Awasep8312/
Owaseb831/
Awassew771/
Awasseva711/
Owoseb67203/
Avasev6774/
Abasev6747/
Avasef671/

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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 Awaseb
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