Amawy Surname
Approximately 955 people bear this surname
Amawy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 609 | 1:14,520 | 2,410 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Amawy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amawy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amawy is held by more people in Jordan than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amawy? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amawy is the 374,939th most common surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 7,630,938 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 64 percent of Amawy reside; 64 percent reside in West Asia and 64 percent reside in Levant.
This last name is most numerous in Jordan, where it is carried by 609 people, or 1 in 14,520. In Jordan it is most prevalent in: Irbid Governorate, where 67 percent live, Jerash Governorate, where 19 percent live and Amman Governorate, where 12 percent live. Besides Jordan this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 35 percent live and Sudan, where 0 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Amawy
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