El Ghawi Surname

100,242nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,714 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

El Ghawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Ghawi 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
Lebanon2,2461:2,510472
Yemen8491:31,1252,924
Jordan6151:14,3782,389
Syria5631:34,2822,147
United Arab Emirates2621:34,9713,721
Oman1291:28,5892,223
Palestine331:137,8447,971
Tunisia71:87,23213,677
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Ghawi Demographics

El Ghawi Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 862 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Ghawi Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Ghawi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻘﺎﻭﻱ) occurs in Lebanon more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

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

The surname is the 100,242nd most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,545,937 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of El Ghawi live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 73 percent live in Levant.

This last name is most frequently used in Lebanon, where it is held by 2,246 people, or 1 in 2,510. In Lebanon it is most prevalent in: Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 82 percent are found, Beirut Governorate, where 10 percent are found and North Governorate, where 3 percent are found. Other than Lebanon it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 18 percent are found and Jordan, where 13 percent are found.

El Ghawi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the El Ghawi surname is principally Maronite (64%) in Lebanon.

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 Ghawy88271/
El Ghabi883/
El-Ghawi882/
El Gawish82401/
El Gahawy821/
El Ghaibi821/
El Ghaibe821/
El Gabi8010/
El Gawy803/
El Gawa801/
El Ghaweet781/
El-Ghawy756/
El Ghabe755/
El-Ghabi751/
El Ghaby751/
El Gaway751/
El Gahwa751/
El-Gawish71184/
El Gawesh714/
El Ghabhy711/
El Gaby671,584/
El Gaweesh679/
El-Gabi675/
El Gave672/
El Gobi671/
El Ghabahy671/
El Ghoweth671/
El Goubi63649/
El Gohby631/
El Gaouej599/
El Ghoube598/
El-Gawesh591/
El Ghouve591/
El-Gaby536/
El Gouby504/
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El Ghawi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Ghawi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻘﺎﻭﻱalqawy-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Ghawi
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