Awais
given name · Latin script
A male name· listed as male by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 24 countries · latest register: SSA, 2025
Awais is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.
- PKPakistan≈1 in 880(inferred from the name graph)
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 4.5Kfew records
- BHBahrain≈1 in 9.5Kfew records
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 167 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 879 (inferred from the name graph)
≈290,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Pakistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Awais counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #235 | ≈290,000 est. | ≈1 in 879 | 2 | Awais | 135 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #703 | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Awais | 50 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #372 | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 4.5K | — | Awais | 61 |
| IN India | — | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 772K | — | Awais | 53 |
| OM Oman | #274 | ≈520 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Awais | 10 |
| US United States | — | 492 | 1 in 676K | 492 | Awais | 167 |
| BH Bahrain | #332 | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 9.5K | — | Awais | 12 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) — Form-33 List of Contesting Candidates, 2018 General Election; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Awais Zahidb. 1991PKbadminton player
- Mohammad Awaisb. 1992PKPakistani cricketer
- Awais Khanb. 1994PKPakistani cyclist
- Awais Iqbalb. 1996cricketer
- Awais Shaukatb. 2004PKillustrator
- Muhammad AwaisGBresearcher
- Muhammad AwaisPKresearcher (ORCID 0000-0003-2170-5344)
- Awais Amjad MalikPKresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)43 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 492 | #20,856 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 9 | — |
| PK Pakistan | Muslim given names (CC0) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Awais?
- In the etymology graph, Owais is a form of the same name in other languages.
- Is Awais a male or female name?
- Awais is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Spain (INE) and Norway (SSB).
- In which country does Awais have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 286 thousand people named Awais in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled awais.
- How common is the name Awais?
- In the United States, the national register counted 492 people named Awais in 2020, about 1 in 676 thousand residents.
- How common is Awais compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Awais is the 235th most common given name of 77,659 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Awais?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/awaisThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Awais” — the 235th most common given name in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.