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
The surname Awash (Arabic: عاوش) is more commonly found in Syria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awash? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 156,205th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,598,982 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Awash live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 51 percent live in Levant. Awash is also the 43,581st most frequent first name internationally, borne by 16,432 people.
This surname is most frequent in Syria, where it is carried by 1,322 people, or 1 in 14,600. In Syria Awash is primarily concentrated in: Aleppo Governorate, where 100 percent reside and Hama Governorate, where 0 percent reside. Apart from Syria Awash exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 46 percent reside and Iraq, where 4 percent reside.
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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