Badawi Surname
Approximately 166,253 people bear this surname
Badawi Surname User-submission:
This surname comes from the Arabic word badawi, which means 'one who is from the desert' (a nomad), 'from Al Badiya' (the desert).
Badawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 60,222 | 1:1,527 | 209 |
| Sudan | 38,080 | 1:985 | 126 |
| Iraq | 16,857 | 1:2,078 | 262 |
| Saudi Arabia | 15,344 | 1:2,011 | 231 |
| Syria | 6,698 | 1:2,882 | 339 |
| Yemen | 6,469 | 1:4,085 | 608 |
| Palestine | 4,308 | 1:1,056 | 169 |
| Indonesia | 3,559 | 1:37,159 | 4,319 |
| Jordan | 2,780 | 1:3,181 | 642 |
| Lebanon | 2,665 | 1:2,115 | 407 |
| Iran | 1,551 | 1:49,505 | 5,555 |
| Chad | 1,444 | 1:9,413 | 1,247 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,007 | 1:9,099 | 1,134 |
| Kuwait | 791 | 1:4,805 | 662 |
| United States | 790 | 1:458,809 | 39,173 |
| Morocco | 511 | 1:67,468 | 11,380 |
| Philippines | 436 | 1:232,198 | 35,476 |
| Oman | 435 | 1:8,478 | 1,170 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Nigeria | 300 | 1:590,476 | 28,418 |
| Israel | 218 | 1:39,255 | 5,383 |
| Qatar | 200 | 1:11,790 | 1,304 |
| Malaysia | 186 | 1:158,571 | 9,796 |
| Sweden | 123 | 1:80,055 | 5,952 |
| Canada | 120 | 1:307,047 | 28,331 |
| Bahrain | 118 | 1:11,429 | 2,102 |
| England | 117 | 1:476,223 | 30,919 |
| Germany | 87 | 1:925,350 | 65,249 |
| Australia | 76 | 1:355,207 | 29,862 |
| France | 45 | 1:1,476,060 | 142,161 |
| Argentina | 28 | 1:1,526,550 | 84,030 |
| Brazil | 26 | 1:8,233,628 | 183,715 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Austria | 24 | 1:354,810 | 38,119 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 1:993,363 | 65,241 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| Libya | 16 | 1:390,248 | 1,390 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Tunisia | 15 | 1:40,708 | 5,720 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Serbia | 9 | 1:793,883 | 26,061 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
Badawi (18,869) may also be a first name.
Badawi Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname comes from the Arabic word badawi, which means 'one who is from the desert' (a nomad), 'from Al Badiya' (the desert).
- Nour El-Dein Sayed El BadawiBadawi denotes a man who lives in the desert.
- mahmoudrashadBadawi Demographics
Badawi Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Badawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Badawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Badawi (Arabic: بدّاوي) is most common in Egypt. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Badawi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,368th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 43,834 people. The surname Badawi is mostly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Badawi live; 59 percent live in North Africa and 59 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Badawi is also the 39,500th most widely held forename on earth. It is borne by 18,869 people.
It is most widespread in Egypt, where it is held by 60,222 people, or 1 in 1,527. Other than Egypt Badawi is found in 80 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 23 percent reside and Iraq, where 10 percent reside.
Badawi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Shiite (48%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Badawi are 7.22% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.99% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Badawi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 75.55% less than the national average, earning €7,342 per year; in Norway they earn 39.57% less than the national average, earning 209,151 kr per year; in United States they earn 12.51% more than the national average, earning $48,546 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.71% more than the national average, earning $50,532 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Badawi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Badawi in the Arabic language | ||
| بدّاوي | bdawy | - |
| البداوي | albdawy | - |
| البديوي | albdywy | - |
| بداوي | bdawy | - |
| البدوى | albdwy | - |
| بداوى | bdawy | - |
| بدوى | bdwy | - |
| بدوي | bdwy | - |
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