Aweye Surname
Approximately 324 people bear this surname
Aweye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 310 | 1:571,428 | 27,680 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Aweye (20) may also be a first name.
Aweye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aweye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Aweye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻮﻳﻪ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aweye? popularity and diffusion
Aweye is the 846,108th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 22,492,426 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Aweye live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 20 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 310 people, or 1 in 571,428. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 81 percent are found, Edo, where 7 percent are found and Delta, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 2 percent are found and Niger, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aweye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aweye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻋﻮﻳﻪ | awyh | - |
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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 Aweye
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