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) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Awjé. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Awje? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,593,402nd most widely held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Awje is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Awje live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Assaba Region, where 50 percent live. Barring Mauritania it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 17 percent live and India, where 17 percent live.
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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