Aweys Surname
Approximately 27,423 people bear this surname
Aweys Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 11,776 | 1:7,807 | 948 |
| Iraq | 4,606 | 1:7,603 | 649 |
| Somalia | 4,019 | 1:3,347 | 317 |
| Jordan | 3,211 | 1:2,754 | 557 |
| Palestine | 1,435 | 1:3,170 | 688 |
| Lebanon | 1,147 | 1:4,915 | 874 |
| Syria | 334 | 1:57,787 | 2,795 |
| Kenya | 316 | 1:146,139 | 11,699 |
| Kuwait | 212 | 1:17,928 | 2,427 |
| Israel | 143 | 1:59,844 | 7,631 |
| United Arab Emirates | 72 | 1:127,254 | 10,508 |
| United States | 47 | 1:7,711,892 | 346,147 |
| Yemen | 23 | 1:1,148,926 | 11,714 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Aweys (6,804) may also be a first name.
Aweys Demographics
Average Aweys Salary in
United States
$17,591 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Aweys Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aweys Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Aweys (Arabic: أويس) is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Aweys? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 19,949th most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 265,746 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 59 percent of Aweys live; 43 percent live in North Africa and 43 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 79,045th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 6,804 people.
This last name is most common in Egypt, where it is borne by 11,776 people, or 1 in 7,807. Aside from Egypt this last name exists in 28 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 17 percent live and Somalia, where 15 percent live.
Aweys Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Aweys surname is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kenya and Maronite (93%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Aweys last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered with the party.
Aweys earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 59.23% less than the national average, earning $17,591 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aweys Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aweys in the Arabic language | ||
| أويس | awys | - |
| عويس | wys | - |
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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 Aweys
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