Awepe Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

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

Awepe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awepe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Awepe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Awepe is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Awepe.

How Common Is The Last Name Awepe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,772,636th most numerous surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. Awepe is mostly found in Oceania, where 59 percent of Awepe live; 59 percent live in Oceania Islands and 59 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

It is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea Awepe is most numerous in: West New Britain, where 70 percent reside, East Sepik, where 10 percent reside and Enga, where 10 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 35 percent reside and Germany, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Awep8983/
Aepe8917/
Awepeuj831/
Ajepe80480/
Awape80219/
Ewepe80132/
Ayepe80111/
Awope8090/
Aepei8060/
Awepa8051/
Gaepe8033/
Abepe8022/
Aiepe8012/
Aweeb804/
Aepea801/
Aepeh801/
Aweip801/
Ape759,209/
Aep75984/
Ahwepa7333/
Ayepei7327/
Awhepa7317/
Hawape7312/
Hayepe7311/
Aiwape736/
Haebpe735/
Awopeu735/
Gaepei734/
Auwape733/
Gauwep732/
Aieper731/
Ayepet731/
Ajepet731/
Aihepe731/
Evaepe731/
Ayoepe731/
Auepey730/
Hape672,531/
Apea671,901/
Yepe671,438/
Aupe671,239/
Appe67903/
Apei67769/
Aipe67760/
Ayep67376/
Eipe67239/
Aape67201/
Apey67167/
Apee67160/
Abep6745/
Aepi6742/
Eype6742/
Ajep6722/
Gaep6720/
Awip6720/
Iepe6717/
Eepe6715/
Aiep679/
Eape677/
Ajpe677/
Aype677/
Eupe675/
Owep675/
Oepe675/
Uepe672/
Avep672/
Aweb672/
Aehp671/
Aeph671/
Attvepe671/
Ashweeb671/
Aepf671/
Aepp670/

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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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  • 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 Awepe
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