Awour Surname

107,131st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,357 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Awour Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awour Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya4,2011:10,9931,384
Tanzania1261:420,17229,494
Uganda131:3,003,02181,551
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
South Sudan41:2,853,7691,758
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Awour (985) may also be a first name.

Awour Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Awour Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Awour is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Awour? popularity and diffusion

The last name Awour is the 107,131st most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,672,606 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Awour live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Awour is also the 256,678th most commonly occurring given name on earth. It is borne by 985 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 4,201 people, or 1 in 10,993. In Kenya Awour is most frequent in: Nairobi County, where 20 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 12 percent are found and Siaya County, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya Awour occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 3 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.

Awour Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gawour916/
Awoure911/
Aawour911/
Awor8945,560/
Awur8945/
Hawhour830/
Awuor8096,843/
Owour801,754/
Abour801,138/
Awore80406/
Awure80168/
Aworh8071/
Aiwur8059/
Hawor8049/
Hawur8031/
Aiwor8030/
Awoor8019/
Awuar8016/
Awgur805/
Aswor803/
Awhor803/
Avour803/
Auwor802/
Aywur801/
Awoer801/
Awort801/
Aworp801/
Aworr801/
Awuur801/
Habour73901/
Aabour73394/
Abourh73191/
Aubour73127/
Awhore7362/
Aouhar7332/
Aworth7332/
Aiwure7322/
Awujor7319/
Awaior7318/
Awuyor7313/
Aibour739/
Ahbour736/
Ashwor734/
Abouer734/
Hawort732/
Gavour732/
Owoure731/
Awuyer731/
Aiwuyr731/
Awhotr731/
Aworhe731/
Aybour731/
Awoore731/
Awojar731/
Gawhor731/
Awuyar731/
Avoure731/
Ahwurh731/
Owhour731/
Ahword730/
Haweur730/
Ashwourth711/
Abur6715,522/
Owor6715,208/
Abor676,157/
Awar673,229/
Obur671,723/
Avor67770/
Avur67606/
Aiwuyor67464/
Haibour6791/
Awuaior6780/
Ovur6779/
Heaword6738/
Havourd6721/
Ahworhe6720/
Aworowa678/
Aubouer676/
Awuayor674/
Awoyare674/
Ashworh674/
Awujare673/
Haworph672/
Ajouhar671/
Awojere671/
Aiwoyor671/
Auwaior671/
Awuawer671/
Haouhar671/
Awurova671/
Hawordh671/
Hauwort671/
Haywort671/
Aweausr671/
Haïbour671/
Gawoyer671/
Aawaior671/
Hayworh670/
Haswort670/
Aiworth670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Awour
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