Awei Surname
Approximately 679 people bear this surname
Awei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 242 | 1:33,693 | 3,946 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Israel | 80 | 1:106,970 | 12,128 |
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Uganda | 32 | 1:1,219,977 | 48,798 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Awei (888) may also be a first name.
Awei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awei is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awei? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 488,458th most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 10,732,763 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 49 percent of Awei reside; 36 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 36 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 272,746th most commonly held forename throughout the world It is held by 888 people.
It is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 242 people, or 1 in 33,693. In Papua New Guinea Awei is primarily concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 34 percent reside, West Sepik, where 34 percent reside and West New Britain, where 9 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea Awei occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 27 percent reside and Israel, where 12 percent reside.
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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 Awei
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