El Adawy Surname

53,798th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,481 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Kuwait

El Adawy Surname User-submission:

El means 'the' and adawy (Arabic: عدوي) means 'fast running man'. It comes from the word, adew (Arabic: "عَدْو"), which means 'sprinting'.

El Adawy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt3,2341:28,4283,124
Kuwait3,1051:1,224127
Jordan1,1391:7,7631,496
United Arab Emirates6701:13,6751,684
Palestine5571:8,1671,710
Lebanon2631:21,4342,548
Oman1991:18,5331,834
Syria1771:109,0453,454
Yemen1091:242,4349,142
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

El Adawy Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

El means 'the' and adawy (Arabic: عدوي) means 'fast running man'. It comes from the word, adew (Arabic: "عَدْو"), which means 'sprinting'.

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El Adawy Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Adawy is most common in Egypt. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El Adawy? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 53,798th most numerous family name globally, held by around 1 in 768,647 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 66 percent of El Adawy are found; 66 percent are found in West Asia and 43 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.

The last name El Adawy is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is borne by 3,234 people, or 1 in 28,428. Beside Egypt this last name is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in Kuwait, where 33 percent reside and Jordan, where 12 percent reside.

El Adawy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the El Adawy surname is principally Sunni (97%) in Lebanon.

El Adawy earn significantly less than the average income. In Norway they earn 33.25% less than the national average, earning 231,017 kr per year.

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