Aweijah Surname
Approximately 456 people bear this surname
Aweijah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 440 | 1:43,866 | 2,469 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Aweijah (14) may also be a first name.
Aweijah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aweijah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Aweijah is carried by more people in Syria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Aweijah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Aweijah is the 659,458th most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,981,460 people. Aweijah occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Aweijah live; 97 percent live in West Asia and 97 percent live in Levant. Aweijah is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 14 people.
Aweijah is most frequently held in Syria, where it is held by 440 people, or 1 in 43,866. In Syria Aweijah is mostly found in: Aleppo Governorate, where 100 percent reside. Other than Syria it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent reside and Yemen, where 0 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
- 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 Aweijah
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