Awash Surname
Approximately 2,804 people bear this surname
Awash Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 1,322 | 1:14,600 | 1,154 |
| Yemen | 1,285 | 1:20,564 | 2,155 |
| Iraq | 110 | 1:318,379 | 6,214 |
| United Arab Emirates | 73 | 1:125,511 | 10,390 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Palestine | 2 | 1:2,274,424 | 17,661 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Awash (16,432) may also be a first name.
Awash Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awash Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awash (Arabic: عاوش) is borne by more people in Syria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awash? popularity and diffusion
It is the 156,205th most frequent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,598,982 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Awash are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 51 percent are found in Levant. Awash is also the 43,581st most widespread first name in the world, borne by 16,432 people.
The surname Awash is most widely held in Syria, where it is borne by 1,322 people, or 1 in 14,600. In Syria Awash is primarily concentrated in: Aleppo Governorate, where 100 percent are found and Hama Governorate, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Syria Awash occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 46 percent are found and Iraq, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Awash Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Awash in the Arabic language | ||
| عاوش | awsh | - |
| اعوش | awsh | - |
| اواسه | awash | - |
| عواش | wash | - |
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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 Awash
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