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
Aweys Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Aweys Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aweys Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Aweys (Arabic: أويس) is found most frequently in Egypt. It may also occur 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 widely held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 265,746 people. Aweys is primarily found in Africa, where 59 percent of Aweys reside; 43 percent reside in North Africa and 43 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Aweys is also the 79,045th most numerous first name internationally, held by 6,804 people.
The surname Aweys is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is held by 11,776 people, or 1 in 7,807. Besides Egypt this last name is found in 28 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 17 percent reside and Somalia, where 15 percent reside.
Aweys Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya and Maronite (93%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Aweys are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered with the political 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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- 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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