El Sanawy Surname

745,450th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 386 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United Arab Emirates
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

El Sanawy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Sanawy 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
United Arab Emirates2041:44,9134,537
Jordan1411:62,7125,645
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El Sanawy Last Name Facts

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

El Sanawy occurs in The United Arab Emirates more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The surname El Sanawy is the 745,450th most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 18,879,653 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of El Sanawy are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 63 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.

This surname is most commonly used in The United Arab Emirates, where it is carried by 204 people, or 1 in 44,913. In The United Arab Emirates it is most numerous in: Ras al-Khaimah, where 6 percent are found. Beside The United Arab Emirates this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 37 percent are found and Kuwait, where 10 percent are found.

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 Sahnawy952/
El Shanawy951/
El Senawy899/
El Shenawy845,833/
El Seinawy84292/
El-Shanawy844/
El Samhawy841/
El Shennawy8012,488/
El Shenawey80123/
El Sanaweed801/
El Janawi789/
El-Senawy781/
El-Shenawy742,647/
El Shenawi74404/
El Shanabi741/
El-Shanewy741/
El Sehnawi741/
El-Shennawy701,110/
El Shennawi70384/
El-Shenawey701/
El Shennawe701/
El Zenawi671/
El-Shenawi63186/
El Zanouby635/
El Zainabi631/
El Shanoubi604/
El-Shennawi604/
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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 Sanawy
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