Awey Surname
Approximately 2,244 people bear this surname
Awey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 838 | 1:41,792 | 1,770 |
| Syria | 688 | 1:28,054 | 1,869 |
| Palestine | 284 | 1:16,017 | 2,776 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Lebanon | 76 | 1:74,172 | 5,162 |
| Jordan | 64 | 1:138,163 | 8,155 |
| Philippines | 54 | 1:1,874,782 | 115,801 |
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | 1:263,023 | 35,917 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Awey (275) may also be a first name.
Awey Demographics
Awey Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Awey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awey has its highest incidence in Iraq. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Awey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 188,427th most common family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 3,247,569 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 90 percent of Awey are found; 87 percent are found in West Asia and 87 percent are found in Levant. Awey is also the 535,844th most numerous first name in the world, held by 275 people.
The surname is most widely held in Iraq, where it is carried by 838 people, or 1 in 41,792. Barring Iraq this surname occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in Syria, where 31 percent live and Palestine, where 13 percent live.
Awey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Awey last name is primarily Sunni (80%) in Lebanon.
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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 Awey
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