Awess Surname
Approximately 841 people bear this surname
Awess Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 784 | 1:17,158 | 1,068 |
| Niger | 41 | 1:468,098 | 12,501 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Awess (245) may also be a first name.
Awess Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awess Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awess (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻭﺱ) is most common in Somalia. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Awess? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 414,183rd most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,665,334 people. Awess occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Awess reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 570,604th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 245 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Somalia, where it is held by 784 people, or 1 in 17,158. Without taking into account Somalia it exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 5 percent are found and Egypt, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Awess Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Awess in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻭﺱ | aws | - |
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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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- 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 Awess
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