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
Badawi (Arabic: بدّاوي) has its highest incidence in Egypt. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Badawi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,368th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 43,834 people. The surname Badawi is predominantly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Badawi live; 59 percent live in North Africa and 59 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 39,500th most frequently occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 18,869 people.
Badawi is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is held by 60,222 people, or 1 in 1,527. Apart from Egypt this last name exists in 80 countries. It is also found in Sudan, where 23 percent live and Iraq, where 10 percent live.
Badawi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Badawi last name is principally Shiite (48%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Badawi last name are 7.22% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.99% registered with 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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