Arqawi Surname

672,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 444 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Palestine
Highest density in:
Palestine

Arqawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Arqawi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Palestine2261:20,1283,199
Jordan1791:49,3994,995
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Oman11:3,687,97114,390

Arqawi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Arqawi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Arqawi (Arabic: عرقاوي) occurs more in Palestine more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Arqawi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Arqawi is the 672,867th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 16,413,392 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Arqawi live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 92 percent live in Levant.

The last name is most widespread in Palestine, where it is borne by 226 people, or 1 in 20,128. In Palestine it is most frequent in: Jenin Governorate, where 93 percent reside, Nablus Governorate, where 4 percent reside and Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, where 2 percent reside. Not including Palestine Arqawi occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 40 percent reside and Kuwait, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arqawy8374/
Arkawi8326/
Arqabi835/
Arqawa831/
Erqawi831/
Harkawi772/
Arkawai771/
Harkawij716/
Arkawy6721/
Arcavi676/
Arkavi675/
Arcawa674/
Arkawa672/
Arkawe672/
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Arqawi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Arqawi in the Arabic language
عرقاويrqawy-

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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 Arqawi
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