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 occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Awour? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 107,131st most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,672,606 people. Awour is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Awour reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 54 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 256,678th most widespread given name worldwide, borne by 985 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 4,201 people, or 1 in 10,993. In Kenya Awour is mostly concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 20 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 12 percent are found and Siaya County, where 9 percent are found. Beside Kenya this last name is found 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 principally 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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