Bashtawi Surname

248,464th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,599 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Jordan

Bashtawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bashtawi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jordan9231:9,5801,776
Palestine3611:12,6012,364
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Syria91:2,144,5589,551
Lebanon61:939,51416,645
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Bashtawi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bashtawi is more commonly found in Jordan than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bashtawi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 248,464th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,557,565 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Bashtawi are found; 99 percent are found in West Asia and 81 percent are found in Levant.

The last name Bashtawi is most commonly used in Jordan, where it is carried by 923 people, or 1 in 9,580. In Jordan it is primarily found in: Irbid Governorate, where 87 percent live, Amman Governorate, where 10 percent live and Zarqa Governorate, where 2 percent live. Apart from Jordan it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Palestine, where 23 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 17 percent live.

Bashtawi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Bashtawi surname is primarily Sunni (67%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bastawi931,999/
Bastawis881,159/
Bashtawy88485/
Beshtawi8833/
Bashtavi882/
Bashtabi882/
Bastawai881/
Bashtavoi8214/
Bastawy803,665/
Bastavi8050/
Bastowi8018/
Bastawey752/
Beshtawy751/
Bashtovyi71592/
Bashtovoi71280/
Bashtavoy7131/
Bastovaia717/
Bastaubai715/
Bouchtawi714/
Bashtoviy713/
Vaishtavi711/
Bachtavoi711/
Bastabhai711/
Bestawy67459/
Bashtovaya67452/
Baztabi6711/
Bashtavaya6711/
Vastavi677/
Bastava676/
Bastewy674/
Bostawy671/
Bastowe671/

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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 Bashtawi
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