Awke Surname
Approximately 677 people bear this surname
Awke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somaliland | 421 | 1:8,314 | 561 |
| Somalia | 245 | 1:54,906 | 2,420 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Awke (200) may also be a first name.
Awke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awke occurs in Somaliland more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Awke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 489,550th most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 10,764,470 people. Awke occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Awke live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Awke is also the 640,739th most frequent given name world-wide It is held by 200 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Somaliland, where it is held by 421 people, or 1 in 8,314. Outside of Somaliland it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 36 percent live and Djibouti, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawke | 89 | 10,755 | / |
| Awker | 89 | 701 | / |
| Auwke | 89 | 217 | / |
| Awkes | 89 | 24 | / |
| Avwke | 89 | 1 | / |
| Aawke | 89 | 1 | / |
| Awk | 86 | 42 | / |
| Hawkey | 80 | 3,372 | / |
| Hawkie | 80 | 21 | / |
| Hawkee | 80 | 4 | / |
| Hawkei | 80 | 3 | / |
| Hawked | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hawcke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Awkett | 80 | 0 | / |
| Hawket | 80 | 0 | / |
| Hawk | 75 | 26,187 | / |
| Awka | 75 | 59 | / |
| Awkh | 75 | 47 | / |
| Ewke | 75 | 16 | / |
| Owke | 75 | 12 | / |
| Awki | 75 | 6 | / |
| Awkc | 75 | 4 | / |
| Aawk | 75 | 3 | / |
| Awkt | 75 | 2 | / |
| Awky | 75 | 1 | / |
| Öwke | 75 | 1 | / |
| Aswk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Aywk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Awce | 75 | 1 | / |
| Awgk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Awkg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Awks | 75 | 1 | / |
| Avwk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Auwk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Aiwekhe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Hawkess | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hawkeis | 73 | 0 | / |
| Hafke | 67 | 1,064 | / |
| Aywek | 67 | 402 | / |
| Hawketts | 67 | 208 | / |
| Hawky | 67 | 202 | / |
| Gafke | 67 | 155 | / |
| Hawkhead | 67 | 143 | / |
| Hawka | 67 | 138 | / |
| Aubke | 67 | 109 | / |
| Awkit | 67 | 91 | / |
| Howke | 67 | 57 | / |
| Hawck | 67 | 47 | / |
| Hawki | 67 | 43 | / |
| Gawki | 67 | 14 | / |
| Hewke | 67 | 13 | / |
| Hawkk | 67 | 4 | / |
| Havke | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aywka | 67 | 3 | / |
| Abkhe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Haswk | 67 | 3 | / |
| Awche | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gavke | 67 | 2 | / |
| Awkaa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Awckz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oiwke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awkcc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aiwek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Affke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avkey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awque | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gawqk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awwkh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ewwke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ashwk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owkey | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hawkeeth | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Awke
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