Last name اویس (Owais 
, Uvais 
, اویس 
) , in all the world, is a common family name. The cognomen اویس is habitual in United Arab Emirates, where it is quite a common surname, Sri Lanka, and Jordan, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Southern Asia, particularly Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka. Also, اویس is the forename as well as the last name.