Aweissy Surname
Approximately 834 people bear this surname
Aweissy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 324 | 1:14,040 | 2,542 |
| Jordan | 275 | 1:32,154 | 3,958 |
| Iraq | 220 | 1:159,189 | 4,045 |
| Mauritania | 13 | 1:314,989 | 13,616 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
The alternate forms: Aweïssy (3) are calculated separately.
Aweissy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aweissy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Aweissy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻮﻳﺴﻲ) is held by more people in Palestine than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Aweïssy. Click here for further potential spellings of Aweissy.
How Common Is The Last Name Aweissy? popularity and diffusion
It is the 416,960th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 8,738,065 people. Aweissy is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Aweissy live; 98 percent live in West Asia and 98 percent live in Levant.
The surname is most widespread in Palestine, where it is held by 324 people, or 1 in 14,040. In Palestine it is most numerous in: Qalqilya Governorate, where 96 percent reside and Rafah Governorate, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Palestine Aweissy occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 33 percent reside and Iraq, where 26 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aweissy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aweissy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻋﻮﻳﺴﻲ | awysy | 71.43 |
| ﺃﻋﻮﻳﺴﻲ | awysy | 14.29 |
| ﺍﻋﻮﻳﺴﻰ | awysy | 14.29 |
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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 Aweissy
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