Awje Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Awje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
The alternate forms: Awjé (1) are calculated separately.
Awje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awje (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻭﺟﻪ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It may occur in the variant forms: Awjé. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Awje is the 7,593,402nd most frequently held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Awje are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 33 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Awje is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Assaba Region, where 50 percent reside. Other than Mauritania Awje exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 17 percent reside and India, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Awje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Awje in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻭﺟﻪ | awjh | 66.67 |
| ﺃﻭﺝ | awj | 33.33 |
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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 Awje
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