Arqawi Surname
Approximately 444 people bear this surname
Arqawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 226 | 1:20,128 | 3,199 |
| Jordan | 179 | 1:49,399 | 4,995 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
Arqawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arqawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Arqawi (Arabic: عرقاوي) is found in Palestine more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Arqawi? popularity and diffusion
Arqawi is the 672,867th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 16,413,392 people. Arqawi occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Arqawi are found; 99 percent are found in West Asia and 92 percent are found in Levant.
It is most frequent in Palestine, where it is borne by 226 people, or 1 in 20,128. In Palestine it is primarily concentrated in: Jenin Governorate, where 93 percent reside, Nablus Governorate, where 4 percent reside and Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, where 2 percent reside. Besides Palestine it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 40 percent reside and Kuwait, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arqawi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arqawi in the Arabic language | ||
| عرقاوي | rqawy | - |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Arqawi
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