Awmar Surname
Approximately 234 people bear this surname
Awmar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 227 | 1:18,039 | 1,661 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Awmar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awmar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awmar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻮﻣﺮ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awmar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,064,392nd most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 31,143,359 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Awmar live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 227 people, or 1 in 18,039. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent live. Barring Mauritania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 2 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Awmar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Awmar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻋﻮﻣﺮ | awmr | 83.33 |
| ﺃﻋﻮﻣﺮ | awmr | 16.67 |
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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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- 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 Awmar
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