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
Awassa is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awassa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 171,018th most commonly used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,893,031 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Awassa live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Awassa is also the 547,545th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 264 people.
The surname is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is held by 2,093 people, or 1 in 46,606. Not including Ethiopia Awassa is found in 18 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 7 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Awassa
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