Awang
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Awang is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country, where it is the 22nd most common surname. Recorded meaning: A familiar name or mode of address that applicable to a young person (mostly for man).
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 596(inferred from the name graph)
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 11K
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 134K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Awang itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 106 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 558 (inferred from the name graph)
≈55,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Brunei, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
18 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled แสวง in TH Thailand.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A familiar name or mode of address that applicable to a young person (mostly for man).
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Awang 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY Malaysia | #22 | ≈55,000 est. | ≈1 in 596 | — | Awang | 99 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 11K | listed | Awang | 106 |
| TH Thailand | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 57K | #174,685 | แสวง | 70 |
| BN Brunei | #8 | ≈830 est. | ≈1 in 558 | — | Awang | 24 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈820 est. | ≈1 in 134K | — | Awang | 14 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Awang | 27 |
| NO Norway | — | 130as Svang | 1 in 42K | 130 | — | 2 |
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: SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Awang is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Indonesian, sky, atmosphere, space
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Filipino, crevice; crack; space between gap
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In grt, younger paternal uncle
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In tiy, small boat
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In yxg, brother
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Awang Sariyanb. 1953MYMalaysian scientist
- Awang Tengah Ali Hasanb. 1955MYMalaysian politician
- Awang Adek Hussinb. 1955MYMalaysian politician
- Awang Amran Kambarb. 1973BNbadminton player
- Awang Huzaini Md Sallehb. 1973BNbadminton player
- Kristian Vigeninb. 1975BGnot in their usual namepolitician
- Kristian Tomovb. 2002BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian footballer
- Awang HashimMYMalaysian politician
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 4 sources across 3 countries.
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 does the name Awang mean, and where does it come from?
- A familiar name or mode of address that applicable to a young person (mostly for man). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Awang have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 55 thousand people named Awang in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled awang.
- How common is the name Awang?
- In Norway, the national register counted 130 people named Svang, about 1 in 42 thousand residents.
- How common is Awang compared with other names?
- In Malaysia, Awang is the 22nd most common surname of 291,743 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Awang?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/awangThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Awang” — the 22nd most common surname in Malaysia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.