Aweissa Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Aweissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 48 | 1:85,310 | 5,518 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
Aweissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aweissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Aweissa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻮﻳﺲ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aweissa? popularity and diffusion
Aweissa is the 2,635,433rd most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Aweissa are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 85,310. In Mauritania Aweissa is primarily found in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 40 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 25 percent live and Assaba Region, where 19 percent live. Barring Mauritania Aweissa occurs in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aweissa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aweissa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻋﻮﻳﺲ | awys | 52.94 |
| ﺍﻋﻮﻳﺴﻪ | awysh | 41.18 |
| ﺍﻭﻳﺲ | awys | 5.88 |
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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 Aweissa
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