Aweis Surname

93,749th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,085 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Aweis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aweis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia2,5491:5,277446
Jordan7251:12,1962,134
United Arab Emirates6911:13,2591,632
Palestine3881:11,7242,243
Iraq3831:91,4402,854
Tanzania1031:513,99633,942
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
United States441:8,237,703362,142
Syria341:567,6775,483
England201:2,785,90397,972
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
Kenya131:3,552,30039,474
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Niger111:1,744,72934,351
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Somaliland41:875,0461,198
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Belize11:355,4743,977

Aweis (2,236) may also be a first name.

Aweis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Aweis is found most frequently in Somalia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Aweis? popularity and diffusion

The last name Aweis is the 93,749th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,433,146 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Aweis are found; 52 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. Aweis is also the 158,018th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 2,236 people.

The last name Aweis is most frequently used in Somalia, where it is held by 2,549 people, or 1 in 5,277. Not including Somalia this surname occurs in 30 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 14 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 14 percent are found.

Aweis Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya and Greek Orthodox (33%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Aweis last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered with the political party.

The amount Aweis earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 48.13% less than the national average, earning $22,380 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.51% less than the national average, earning $38,500 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aweiss91117/
Aweyis917/
Aweish916/
Haweis911/
Aweise911/
Gaweis911/
Awes895,062/
Awis891,686/
Aeis891/
Aweisse8327/
Aweyiss8325/
Gaweish835/
Awweiss831/
Awais8073,522/
Hawes8027,894/
Aweys8027,423/
Oweis801,828/
Eweis801,418/
Awees801,354/
Awish80950/
Awess80841/
Abeis80515/
Awese80476/
Awise80275/
Hawis80213/
Awiss80146/
Awesh8078/
Awies8058/
Aiwis8028/
Aveis8017/
Aweas805/
Auwes803/
Iweis803/
Aawis802/
Ahwes802/
Awois802/
Haeis802/
Gaeis802/
Aevis801/
Eaeis801/
Aiwes801/
Awues801/
Aeish801/
Awets801/
Awgis801/
Aswes801/
Awoes801/
Aeuis800/
Aweyisse7730/
Eweiss73594/
Haueis73489/
Awayes73323/
Oweiss73293/
Hawyes73204/
Awaiss73183/
Hawees73183/
Awaise73126/
Awajis7386/
Awaish7359/
Ahwesh7338/
Aawais7336/
Awayis7332/
Ahwish7330/
Awuese7327/
Hawise7318/
Ayevis7317/
Awaias7316/
Awesse7316/
Ayeish7312/
Howeis7312/
Aweeys739/
Hawist738/
Hawaes736/
Gaweys735/
Aawesh734/
Auwais734/
Awisse734/
Awishe733/
Awaisc733/
Awaais733/
Aweich732/
Hawish732/
Hawese732/
Haieis732/
Haywes732/
Haiwes732/
Gawais732/
Ahwais732/
Awaies732/
Aawees732/
Hawhes731/
Gaiwes731/
Ahweij731/
Aswets731/
Gawoes731/
Awoias731/
Haveis731/
Haweys731/
Ouweis731/
O'Weis731/
Ajwish731/
Awaisd731/
Awaisj731/
Awisch731/
Awoeys731/
Awaess731/
Aweass731/
Aweyes731/
Aweïss731/
Hayeis731/
Ahwese731/
Aiwais731/
Aweesh731/
Aswais731/
Hawies731/
Awesch730/
Habeis730/
Haawes730/
Avis679,225/
Abes677,955/
Awas676,557/
Aves675,925/
Abis675,394/
Ewis675,041/
Owis671,600/
Evis671,246/
Ewes671,210/
Euis67652/
Owes67648/
Awayesh67362/
Gawiesh67187/
Awayiss67167/
Aaes67146/
Awys67125/
Aees67106/
Eais6784/
Awez6773/
Haueise6753/
Yeis6724/
Aswaish6719/
Aoueiss6718/
Awiz6716/
Ieis6715/
Gaywish6714/
Awex6712/
Awaisse6711/
Awitsch6711/
Haweesh6710/
Auis6710/
Awec679/
Awayess678/
Awayese676/
Aweïsse676/
Gaweash675/
Awej674/
Gawwesh674/
Aawaish673/
Aeiz673/
Hauwest673/
Ajiwese673/
Haueiss673/
Eeis672/
Eaes672/
Awujish672/
Oeis672/
Gayevis672/
Awaiseh672/
Oweishe672/
Awgeesh672/
Haveies671/
Aaiwesh671/
Aeys671/
Ayewish671/
Awajist671/
Ayewese671/
Ueis671/
Hauwisz671/
Hawayes671/
Hawesch671/
Haweyse671/
Ouweyis671/
O'Weisz671/
Habeish671/
Ahawish671/
Awaiass671/
Aweaseh671/
Aweusse671/
Aweyess671/
Ayewesh671/
Aiwuyes671/
Oyawais671/
Aejs671/
Ahahwis671/
Aweeshh671/
Awetsch671/
Awij671/
Gawesch671/
Howeiis671/
Ashwest670/
Howeise670/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Aweis
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