Awun Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Awun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia881:1,502,832101,066
Papua New Guinea481:169,86923,574
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Awun (117) may also be a first name.

Awun Last Name Facts

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

Awun (Oriya: ଅୱୁନ) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Awun? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,441,361st most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 88 percent of Awun reside; 88 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 88 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 864,112th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 117 people.

The last name Awun is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 1,502,832. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: Papua, where 94 percent live, East Nusa Tenggara, where 5 percent live and North Kalimantan, where 1 percent live. Other than Indonesia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 32 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Awune8984/
Awaun8931/
Hawun8921/
Awuin897/
Awgun895/
Awoun893/
Awunh891/
Aywun891/
Aiwun891/
Auwun891/
Awoune8048/
Aiwung8028/
Gawgun805/
Awuine803/
Awahun802/
Ahwaun801/
Hawune801/
Awound801/
Aswung801/
Aiwoun801/
Ahwhun801/
Abun752,837/
Awon752,442/
Awum75404/
Avun75306/
Owun7548/
Ewun7516/
Ahiewun732/
Awounne731/
Aiwoune731/
Hauwaun731/
Awhusen731/
Awousin731/
Abuin673,103/
Habun67237/
Aboun67153/
Gavun6751/
Abuín6732/
Aibun6732/
Aiwon6729/
Hawon6727/
Awoum6724/
Aawon6721/
Obaun6716/
Owune6712/
Abaun6712/
Howun6711/
Awoussin6711/
Avuin6710/
Ewoun677/
Avgun676/
Havun675/
Avoun675/
Aabun675/
Awoungue674/
Abhun673/
Abeun673/
Auwon673/
Avund673/
Aubun672/
Avung672/
Hewun672/
Awhum672/
Aywon672/
Avhun672/
Abunn672/
Asvun671/
Awouhoun671/
Awonh671/
Haiwoung671/
Euwun671/
Hawum671/
Ohwun671/
Avune671/
Avunt670/

Awun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Awun in the Oriya language
ଅୱୁନawuna-

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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 Awun
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