El-Sawy Surname

93,958th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,073 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Sawy Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El-Sawy Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt4,5761:20,0912,322
Saudi Arabia4771:64,6879,689
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England31:18,572,686338,250
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

El-Sawy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El-Sawy Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname El-Sawy is most common in Egypt. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El-Sawy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 93,958th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,436,536 people. The last name El-Sawy occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of El-Sawy are found; 90 percent are found in North Africa and 90 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

It is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is borne by 4,576 people, or 1 in 20,091. Beside Egypt this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El-Saawy935/
El-Sawey934/
El-Shawy931/
El Sawy8610,276/
El-Sawi86440/
El-Zawy864/
El-Sawa861/
El-Shahawy821,574/
El-Shewy80153/
El-Shawa80127/
El Shawy80122/
El-Zahwy801/
El-Sobay801/
El Sawey801/
El-Shahawey781/
El Shhawy75122/
El Sahawy7582/
El-Sabahy754/
El-Drzawy751/
El Shahwy751/
El-Sheiwy751/
El Sawaya751/
El Shahawy719,506/
El Sawi711,185/
El Sawa71249/
El-Shahawi71218/
El Saby71100/
El Zawy7110/
El-Sabe7110/
El Shahway714/
El-Sabi712/
El-Shawesh711/
El-Shewahy711/
El-Savi711/
El Shaby67292/
El Shawa67226/
El Shawi67203/
El Shewy67153/
El Sahwi67122/
El Sawit6798/
El Sawai6734/
El-Sabeh6715/
El-Saabi6712/
El-Sobhy6711/
El-Sabee6710/
El Saawa674/
El Zahwy674/
El-Shaweesh674/
El-Shabe674/
El-Shabi671/
El-Schahawi671/
El Sobay671/
El-Sabea671/
El-Shahawii671/
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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 El-Sawy
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