Al Shawy Surname
Approximately 730 people bear this surname
Al Shawy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | 578 | 1:15,852 | 1,922 |
| Syria | 104 | 1:185,587 | 3,919 |
| Yemen | 35 | 1:755,008 | 11,174 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
Al Shawy Demographics
Al Shawy Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Al Shawy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Shawy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Al Shawy is held by more people in The United Arab Emirates than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Shawy? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 462,174th most common surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 9,982,940 people. Al Shawy occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Al Shawy are found; 99 percent are found in West Asia and 84 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.
The surname Al Shawy is most frequent in The United Arab Emirates, where it is borne by 578 people, or 1 in 15,852. In The United Arab Emirates Al Shawy is most common in: Umm al-Quwain, where 56 percent live, Abu Dhabi, where 22 percent live and Ras al-Khaimah, where 13 percent live. Not including The United Arab Emirates this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Syria, where 14 percent live and Yemen, where 5 percent live.
Al Shawy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Al Shawy surname is principally Sunni (67%) in Lebanon.
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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
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- 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
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