Awdah Surname

319,816th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iraq
Highest density in:
Iraq

Awdah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awdah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iraq9591:36,5191,624
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Awdah (818) may also be a first name.

Awdah Last Name Facts

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

Awdah (Arabic: عوضة) occurs in Iraq more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Awdah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 319,816th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 6,234,000 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Awdah live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 82 percent live in Levant. It is also the 285,768th most prevalent given name world-wide, borne by 818 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Iraq, where it is borne by 959 people, or 1 in 36,519. Excluding Iraq this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 17 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Awdach9129/
Awda89277/
Aawdach832/
Eawda80131,504/
Awday8047/
Afdah8041/
Awdha8041/
Ajwda809/
Hawda804/
Owdah804/
Avdah803/
Awwda801/
Awdaa801/
Awdai801/
Hafdah735/
Avdaha735/
Hawday732/
Gawday732/
Eawdaa732/
Awdhai731/
Gafdah731/
Eawdat731/
Abda6738,100/
Owda67766/
Afda67410/
Avda6794/
Ewda6741/
Awdo6713/
Havdash672/
Hafdhah672/
Hauwdau671/

Awdah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Awdah in the Arabic language
عوضةwdt-

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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 Awdah
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