Awep Surname

2,061,309th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 83 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Awep Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awep Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea791:103,21213,927
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Awep (27) may also be a first name.

Awep Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Awep Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Awep occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Awep? popularity and diffusion

The last name Awep is the 2,061,309th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Awep are found; 98 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 98 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Awep is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 27 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 103,212. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Madang, where 71 percent live and West Sepik, where 29 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea Awep occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 2 percent live and Niger, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Awepe8917/
Aweip891/
Aep86984/
Gauwep802/
Ayep75376/
Abep7545/
Ajep7522/
Gaep7520/
Awip7520/
Ewep7510/
Aiep759/
Owep755/
Avep752/
Aweb752/
Aeph751/
Aehp751/
Aepf751/
Aepp750/
Ajeep67255/
Ayepe67111/
Haepp6758/
Ajiep6741/
Awiph6730/
Howep6713/
Aiepe6712/
Habep6710/
Gowep6710/
Awaip679/
Gaweb674/
Aweeb674/
Gayep674/
Abeep672/
Hajep671/
Haebp671/
Ahwev671/
Awwev671/
Ahweb671/
Aieph671/
Oweph671/
Haeph670/

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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 Awep
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