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 most common in Namibia. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awene? popularity and diffusion
The last name Awene is the 230,410th most commonly held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,150,083 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Awene reside; 78 percent reside in Southern Africa and 78 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 61 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Namibia, where it is held by 1,368 people, or 1 in 1,761. In Namibia it is most frequent in: Oshikoto Region, where 29 percent live, Oshana Region, where 21 percent live and Khomas Region, where 14 percent live. Barring Namibia Awene exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 10 percent live and The DR Congo, where 7 percent live.
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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