El Hamawy Surname

208,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,982 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

El Hamawy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Hamawy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria1,1151:17,3101,336
Jordan4071:21,7263,122
Egypt3051:301,42919,796
Lebanon1051:53,6874,312
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Tunisia61:101,77114,710
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El Hamawy Last Name Facts

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

El Hamawy is more frequently found in Syria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The last name El Hamawy is the 208,668th most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,676,865 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 84 percent of El Hamawy are found; 84 percent are found in West Asia and 82 percent are found in Levant.

It is most commonly occurring in Syria, where it is carried by 1,115 people, or 1 in 17,310. In Syria it is most prevalent in: Homs Governorate, where 100 percent reside, Aleppo Governorate, where 0 percent reside and Hama Governorate, where 0 percent reside. Outside of Syria this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 21 percent reside and Egypt, where 15 percent reside.

El Hamawy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Sunni (97%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Amawy94125/
El Hamawi8911/
El-Hamawy894/
El Hamaby892/
El Aymawy891/
El Ahmawy891/
El Omawy8219/
El Amawi824/
El Emawy824/
El Ajmawi78458/
El-Hamawi7815/
El Asmawi781/
El Hemawi781/
El Hamowi781/
El Hamewi781/
El-Emawy718/
El Amabi711/
El Hemewi678/

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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 Hamawy
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