Awassa Surname
Approximately 2,519 people bear this surname
Awassa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,093 | 1:46,606 | 5,024 |
| Congo | 185 | 1:26,968 | 2,895 |
| Ivory Coast | 130 | 1:177,471 | 7,910 |
| Cameroon | 70 | 1:296,701 | 27,784 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Awassa (264) may also be a first name.
Awassa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awassa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awassa occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awassa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Awassa is the 171,018th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,893,031 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Awassa reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 547,545th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 264 people.
The surname Awassa is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is held by 2,093 people, or 1 in 46,606. Apart from Ethiopia this last name is found in 18 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 7 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Awassa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis