Awss Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Awss Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awss Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania121:341,23914,334
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Awss (39) may also be a first name.

Awss Last Name Facts

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

Awss (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻭﺱ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Awss? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,532,898th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Awss occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Awss reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 39 people.

The last name Awss is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 341,239. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 58 percent reside, Tiris Zemmour Region, where 33 percent reside and Adrar Region, where 8 percent reside. Besides Mauritania this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Tunisia, where 21 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Awsse898/
Gawss891/
Ahwss890/
Hawss890/
Aws86384/
Haws756,048/
Awse75125/
Abss7567/
Ewss7529/
Avss759/
Owss755/
Awsh753/
Aaws753/
Afss752/
Ahws752/
Asvs752/
Eaws752/
Ajws751/
Awsp751/
Aews751/
Awxs751/
Asfs751/
Avws751/
Auws751/
Hawse67628/
Hafss67137/
Gaiws675/
Abhss673/
Owsse672/
Habss672/
Ahwsh672/
Eabss671/
Aiwes671/
Asvss671/
Haews671/
Hawsh671/
Aabss671/
Asvst671/
Absss671/
Afshs671/
Asfsd671/
Awshh671/
Awffs670/
Hawst670/
Heaws670/
Hewss670/

Awss Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Awss in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺃﻭﺱaws66.67
ﺍﻭﺱaws33.33

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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 Awss
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