Awene Surname
Approximately 1,756 people bear this surname
Awene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 1,368 | 1:1,761 | 250 |
| Nigeria | 173 | 1:1,023,947 | 43,086 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Kenya | 16 | 1:2,886,244 | 37,784 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Awene (61) may also be a first name.
Awene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺎﻭﻥ) is found most frequently in Namibia. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Awene? popularity and diffusion
The last name Awene is the 230,410th most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,150,083 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Awene are found; 78 percent are found in Southern Africa and 78 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 61 people.
The surname is most numerous in Namibia, where it is carried by 1,368 people, or 1 in 1,761. In Namibia Awene is most prevalent in: Oshikoto Region, where 29 percent are found, Oshana Region, where 21 percent are found and Khomas Region, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Namibia this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 10 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Awene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Awene in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺎﻭﻥ | awn | - |
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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 Awene
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