Bastawisy Surname

471,234th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 712 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Bastawisy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bastawisy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt7021:130,96310,408
England41:13,929,515290,718
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Bastawisy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bastawisy is most common in Egypt. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bastawisy? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 471,234th most frequently held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 10,235,317 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bastawisy live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

The last name Bastawisy is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is carried by 702 people, or 1 in 130,963. Besides Egypt it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bastawissy954/
Bastawisi892,079/
Bastawesy89933/
Bastaweesy84187/
Bastawissi84122/
Bhatavisay741/
Bhatavaisay70493/
Vatavisi599/
Bataweza594/
Batabizi592/
Batabize591/

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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 Bastawisy
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