Awys Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Awys Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awys Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Awys Last Name Facts

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

The last name Awys occurs more in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Awys? popularity and diffusion

The last name Awys is the 1,612,213th most numerous surname internationally, held by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Awys live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Without taking into account Egypt Awys is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 1 percent live and Somalia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aweys8927,423/
Aways89895/
Hawys892/
Gawys890/
Awayss809/
Aweeys809/
Gaweys805/
Awayst801/
Gawuys801/
Haways801/
Haweys801/
Hawysz801/
Awoeys801/
Awaays801/
Eaways801/
Abys7515,026/
Awes755,062/
Awis751,686/
Awyj751/
Avys750/
Hawaysh7310/
Awaysse731/
Haweyse731/
Awais6773,522/
Hawes6727,894/
Aweis675,085/
Awees671,354/
Awish67950/
Awess67841/
Abyss67696/
Awese67476/
Awise67275/
Hawis67213/
Awiss67146/
Awesh6778/
Awies6758/
Aiwis6728/
Habys6724/
Aybes6724/
Abuys6720/
Awaysheh6718/
Abysh6718/
Ayuis6715/
Aboys6710/
Aweas675/
Oways674/
Awayz674/
Auwes673/
Aawis672/
Ayvis672/
Awois672/
Ayues672/
Ahwes672/
Abeys672/
Owyse672/
Abays672/
Ayves671/
Aswes671/
Aiwes671/
Aveys671/
Howys671/
Awues671/
Gawyś671/
Ahbys671/
Awets671/
Awgis671/

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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 Awys
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis