Awatef Surname

642,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 472 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Awatef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awatef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt3051:301,42919,796
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Tunisia271:22,6163,533
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
France11:66,422,722504,397

Awatef (13,894) may also be a first name.

Awatef Last Name Facts

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

Awatef occurs most in Egypt. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Awatef? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 642,991st most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 15,439,716 people. The last name Awatef is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Awatef reside; 99 percent reside in North Africa and 65 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 48,874th most commonly used given name world-wide, borne by 13,894 people.

Awatef is most numerous in Egypt, where it is borne by 305 people, or 1 in 301,429. Aside from Egypt it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 29 percent live and Tunisia, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Awatefe92162/
Awhatefe8652/
Awatif831,130/
Avatef831/
Awetef831/
Awhaitefe8011/
Owatefe7710/
Hawatif777/
Awotefe773/
Avatefe771/
Awathif771/
Awatife771/
Awatiff771/
Awwatif771/
Abatif674/
Ovatef671/
Awatib671/
Abatev671/
Awotife624/
Avgatev621/
Avateva621/
Obotef501/

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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 Awatef
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