Awg Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Awg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia311:951,42742,969
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

Awg (2,523) may also be a first name.

Awg Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Awg Come From? nationality or country of origin

Awg is most common in Malaysia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Awg? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,185,033rd most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname Awg occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Awg are found; 89 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 82 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 146,876th most widely held forename internationally. It is borne by 2,523 people.

The surname Awg is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 951,427. In Malaysia Awg is most numerous in: Sabah, where 32 percent live, Sarawak, where 29 percent live and Labuan, where 16 percent live. Beside Malaysia it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hawg8613/
Awkg861/
Awhg861/
Awgz861/
Awgs861/
Awgk861/
Awgg861/
Awcg861/
Aswg861/
Awgcq751/
Ahwhg751/
Hawgh750/
Gawgh750/
Awk6742/
Ewg6712/
Awq6710/
Owg676/
Afg672/

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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 Awg
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis