Awow Surname

633,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 482 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Awow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia2451:54,9062,420
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

Awow (252) may also be a first name.

Awow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Awow is held by more people in Somalia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Awow? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 633,196th most prevalent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 15,119,390 people. The last name Awow is predominantly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Awow reside; 52 percent reside in East Africa and 51 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 561,423rd most commonly held forename in the world, held by 252 people.

The last name Awow is most widespread in Somalia, where it is borne by 245 people, or 1 in 54,906. Not including Somalia Awow exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 41 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Awow Last Name Statistics demography

Awow earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 37.03% more than the national average, earning $59,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Awowe8927/
Awowa896/
Awoow895/
Aiwow891/
Awoowe804/
Awouwe802/
Easwow801/
Aawoow801/
Auwowe801/
Gawoow801/
Awaw7570/
Owow759/
Awof754/
Awuw751/
Owowa67555/
Awofe67259/
Awawe6733/
Aboow6711/
Ohwow6710/
Awoof679/
Awaaw676/
Hawaw675/
Owowe675/
Eewow675/
Awuaw674/
Asuow672/
Gawaw672/
Awoub672/
Gowow671/
Gawof671/
Awhaw671/
Awaww671/
Abaww671/
Awahw671/
Awouv671/
Habow671/
Howow670/

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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 Awow
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