El Degwy Surname

270,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,441 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Degwy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Degwy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1,4341:64,1116,013
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

El Degwy Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Degwy is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

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

The last name is the 270,601st most widely held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 5,057,284 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Degwy reside; 100 percent reside in North Africa and 100 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is held by 1,434 people, or 1 in 64,111. Apart from Egypt this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Degwey949/
El Degwa88885/
El-Degwy88367/
El Degwi88245/
El Digwy882/
El Dagwy881/
El-Degwi75244/
El Dagwi754/
El-Dagwy751/
El-Digwi634/

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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 Degwy
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