Awaw Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Awaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 29 | 1:141,202 | 7,956 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Awaw (236) may also be a first name.
Awaw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awaw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awaw (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻭﺍﻭ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awaw? popularity and diffusion
Awaw is the 2,273,756th most numerous family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Awaw are found; 51 percent are found in West Africa and 41 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Awaw is also the 583,008th most common first name in the world, borne by 236 people.
Awaw is most common in Mauritania, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 141,202. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 66 percent live, Hodh Chargui Region, where 24 percent live and Assaba Region, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritania it occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 11 percent live and Nigeria, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awawe | 89 | 33 | / |
| Awaaw | 89 | 6 | / |
| Hawaw | 89 | 5 | / |
| Awuaw | 89 | 4 | / |
| Gawaw | 89 | 2 | / |
| Awhaw | 89 | 1 | / |
| Awahw | 89 | 1 | / |
| Auwaw | 89 | 1 | / |
| Awaww | 89 | 1 | / |
| Awuawe | 80 | 65 | / |
| Gawgaw | 80 | 17 | / |
| Hawhaw | 80 | 8 | / |
| Aweawe | 80 | 7 | / |
| Hauwaw | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ahwaww | 80 | 1 | / |
| Awawhe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ajwawe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Awow | 75 | 482 | / |
| Awaf | 75 | 281 | / |
| Awav | 75 | 260 | / |
| Ewaw | 75 | 18 | / |
| Owaw | 75 | 10 | / |
| Awaheew | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awowe | 67 | 27 | / |
| Awafe | 67 | 23 | / |
| Hawaf | 67 | 11 | / |
| Aawab | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ouwaw | 67 | 7 | / |
| Awowa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Owawe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Aiwab | 67 | 6 | / |
| Awoow | 67 | 5 | / |
| Awuav | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ahwab | 67 | 2 | / |
| Awaav | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahwaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aiwow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aweiw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aweyw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abaww | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ajwab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awaaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awavz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Howaw | 67 | 0 | / |
Awaw Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Awaw in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻭﺍﻭ | awaw | 72.73 |
| ﺁﻭﺍﻭ | awaw | 18.18 |
| ﺃﻭﺍﻭ | awaw | 9.09 |
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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
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- 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 Awaw
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