Awara
surname · Latin script
Meaning: The palm tree Astrocaryum vulgare which is native to the Amazon Rainforest region
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/əwɑɹə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Awara is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.
- NGNigeria≈1 in 126K(inferred from the name graph)
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 221K
- EGEgypt≈1 in 252K
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.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 30 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 126K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,700 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Nigeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The palm tree Astrocaryum vulgare which is native to the Amazon Rainforest region.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Awara 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 126K | — | Awara | 19 |
| EG Egypt | ≈410 est. | ≈1 in 252K | — | Awara | 30 |
| IN India | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 5.5M | — | Awara | 6 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 294K | — | Awara | 7 |
| IQ Iraq | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 380K | — | Awara | 12 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | ≈45 est. | ≈1 in 221K | — | Awara | 6 |
| DK Denmark | 3 | 1 in 2M | 3 | — | — |
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: Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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)
Awara is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In mva, northwest wind
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In kaw, screen
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.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 3 | #83,253 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Awara mean, and where does it come from?
- The palm tree Astrocaryum vulgare which is native to the Amazon Rainforest region. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Awara?
- A machine transcription gives /əwɑɹə/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Awara have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 thousand people named Awara in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled awara.
- How common is the name Awara?
- In Denmark, the national register counted 3 people named Awara, about 1 in 2.0 million residents.
What do you want to know about Awara?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/awaraThe 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, “Awara”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.