Badawy Surname
Approximately 96,131 people bear this surname
Badawy 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).
Badawy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 79,960 | 1:1,150 | 165 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9,580 | 1:3,221 | 425 |
| Sudan | 3,080 | 1:12,179 | 1,700 |
| Jordan | 1,409 | 1:6,276 | 1,239 |
| Kuwait | 598 | 1:6,356 | 875 |
| United Arab Emirates | 384 | 1:23,860 | 2,714 |
| United States | 368 | 1:984,943 | 73,005 |
| Qatar | 168 | 1:14,036 | 1,554 |
| Palestine | 78 | 1:58,319 | 5,506 |
| Australia | 75 | 1:359,943 | 30,133 |
| England | 73 | 1:763,261 | 41,903 |
| Syria | 52 | 1:371,174 | 4,784 |
| Canada | 50 | 1:736,912 | 58,785 |
| Austria | 32 | 1:266,107 | 30,958 |
| Lebanon | 26 | 1:216,811 | 8,749 |
| Italy | 17 | 1:3,597,452 | 102,597 |
| Chile | 15 | 1:1,174,432 | 21,998 |
| Oman | 15 | 1:245,865 | 4,150 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Costa Rica | 6 | 1:796,678 | 5,462 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
Badawy (4,257) may also be a first name.
Badawy 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).
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Badawy Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Badawy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Badawy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Badawy (Arabic: بادوى) has its highest incidence in Egypt. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Badawy.
How Common Is The Last Name Badawy? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,869th most numerous family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 75,808 people. Badawy occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Badawy reside; 86 percent reside in North Africa and 86 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 106,178th most widespread given name at a global level. It is borne by 4,257 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is carried by 79,960 people, or 1 in 1,150. Besides Egypt Badawy occurs in 59 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 10 percent live and Sudan, where 3 percent live.
Badawy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Shiite (56%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Badawy surname are 1.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.61% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Badawy earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 59.3% more than the national average, earning 551,322 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 61.68% less than the national average, earning R 91,068 per year; in United States they earn 6.27% more than the national average, earning $45,854 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.46% more than the national average, earning $69,784 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Badawy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Badawy in the Arabic language | ||
| بادوى | badwy | - |
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Footnotes
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