Awija Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Awija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Awija (21) may also be a first name.
Awija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awija Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awija is found in Saudi Arabia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Awija.
How Common Is The Last Name Awija? popularity and diffusion
It is the 945,594th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,308,830 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Awija live; 91 percent live in West Asia and 89 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Awija is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring given name in the world, borne by 21 people.
The last name is most numerous in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 239 people, or 1 in 129,104. Without taking into account Saudi Arabia Awija exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 5 percent reside and Egypt, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Awija
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