El Dawi Surname

167,319th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,585 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sudan
Highest density in:
Sudan

El Dawi Surname User-submission:

This Surname is popular in Egypt and especially in the upper Egypt region, Luxor in particular. It is linguistically derived from the Arabic word, daw, or ضوء, which has the meaning of 'light'.

El Dawi 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
Sudan2,2401:16,7462,298
Egypt3361:273,61818,414
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

El Dawi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This Surname is popular in Egypt and especially in the upper Egypt region, Luxor in particular. It is linguistically derived from the Arabic word, daw, or ضوء, which has the meaning of 'light'.

- Mohamed Khaled El Dawy
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El Dawi Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Dawi occurs more in Sudan more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of El Dawi.

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

This last name is the 167,319th most frequently used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 2,819,167 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Dawi live; 100 percent live in North Africa and 100 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

El Dawi is most widespread in Sudan, where it is carried by 2,240 people, or 1 in 16,746. Aside from Sudan this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 13 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent live.

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