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
The last name Awje (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻭﺟﻪ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Awjé. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Awje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Awje is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Awje live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Awje is most common in Mauritania, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania Awje is primarily found in: Assaba Region, where 50 percent reside. Barring Mauritania this last name occurs 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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