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 surname Awene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺎﻭﻥ) is carried by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awene? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 230,410th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 4,150,083 people. Awene is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Awene live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 61 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Namibia, where it is borne by 1,368 people, or 1 in 1,761. In Namibia it is mostly concentrated in: Oshikoto Region, where 29 percent reside, Oshana Region, where 21 percent reside and Khomas Region, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Namibia Awene exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 10 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside.
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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