Awe Surname
Approximately 57,177 people bear this surname
Awe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 39,267 | 1:4,511 | 604 |
| Tanzania | 5,362 | 1:9,873 | 1,281 |
| Cameroon | 1,881 | 1:11,042 | 1,486 |
| Benin | 1,819 | 1:5,682 | 747 |
| United States | 1,539 | 1:235,516 | 22,602 |
| Congo | 1,092 | 1:4,569 | 739 |
| Philippines | 828 | 1:122,268 | 21,020 |
| Indonesia | 779 | 1:169,768 | 16,472 |
| DR Congo | 705 | 1:104,794 | 11,642 |
| Papua New Guinea | 674 | 1:12,098 | 1,107 |
| Germany | 525 | 1:153,344 | 18,358 |
| Mauritania | 498 | 1:8,223 | 880 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| England | 333 | 1:167,321 | 15,468 |
| Senegal | 276 | 1:52,824 | 806 |
| Belize | 162 | 1:2,194 | 484 |
| Thailand | 62 | 1:1,139,328 | 167,850 |
| Burkina Faso | 54 | 1:339,854 | 5,698 |
| Iraq | 52 | 1:673,493 | 9,953 |
| Malaysia | 50 | 1:589,884 | 28,692 |
| Singapore | 39 | 1:141,223 | 6,278 |
| New Caledonia | 36 | 1:7,673 | 1,760 |
| Canada | 35 | 1:1,052,731 | 78,176 |
| South Africa | 34 | 1:1,593,462 | 80,086 |
| Brazil | 30 | 1:7,135,811 | 166,009 |
| Gambia | 25 | 1:76,938 | 264 |
| Cayman Islands | 25 | 1:2,556 | 317 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Ireland | 16 | 1:294,309 | 10,207 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Chile | 14 | 1:1,258,320 | 22,898 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Peru | 8 | 1:3,973,015 | 32,693 |
| Iceland | 7 | 1:54,299 | 3,881 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Montserrat | 1 | 1:4,947 | 471 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 97 | 1:517,718 | 36,097 |
The alternate forms: Äwe (16) & Awé (2) are calculated separately.
Awe (9,141) may also be a first name.
Awe Demographics
Average Male Awe Height
174.88 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Awe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻭ) is most common in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms: Äwe or Awé. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Awe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 9,855th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 127,456 people. The surname Awe is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Awe live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 65,006th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 9,141 people.
The surname Awe is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 39,267 people, or 1 in 4,511. In Nigeria Awe is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 24 percent are found, Osun, where 16 percent are found and Lagos, where 13 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 81 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 9 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
Awe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Awe has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,587 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 33,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Awe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Awe surname is chiefly Christian (94%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Awe last name are 6.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.23% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Awe earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 4.31% less than the national average, earning 331,162 kr per year; in Peru they earn 431.11% more than the national average, earning S/. 102,956 per year; in South Africa they earn 79.52% more than the national average, earning R 426,600 per year; in United States they earn 14.7% more than the national average, earning $49,491 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.89% less than the national average, earning $41,294 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Awe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Awe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﻭ | aw | 36.73 |
| ﻋﻮ | w | 26.53 |
| ﻋﻮﻩ | wh | 14.29 |
| ﺍﻭ | aw | 10.2 |
| ﺃﻭ | aw | 6.12 |
| ﺍﻭﻩ | awh | 4.08 |
| ﺍﻭﺍ | awa | 1.02 |
| ﺃﻭﻯ | awy | 1.02 |
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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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- 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 Awe
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