El Sawy Surname

50,004th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,276 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Jordan

El Sawy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Sawy 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
Egypt7,4131:12,4021,478
Jordan9671:9,1441,712
Yemen9231:28,6302,752
Saudi Arabia3981:77,52710,981
United Arab Emirates1641:55,8685,445
Palestine1391:32,7264,196
Lebanon961:58,7204,549
Kuwait961:39,5914,718
Iraq371:946,53112,381
Qatar91:262,00030,726
France71:9,488,960336,266
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England41:13,929,515290,718
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
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El Sawy (19) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Sawy Demographics

El Sawy Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 64 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Sawy Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Sawy is found most in Egypt. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

The last name El Sawy is the 50,004th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 709,181 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 72 percent of El Sawy are found; 72 percent are found in North Africa and 72 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly used forename world-wide, borne by 19 people.

It is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is borne by 7,413 people, or 1 in 12,402. Excluding Egypt this surname is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 9 percent live and Yemen, where 9 percent live.

El Sawy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the El Sawy surname is primarily Sunni (95%) 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 Shawy93122/
El Sawey931/
El Shhawy88122/
El Sahawy8882/
El Shahwy881/
El Sawaya881/
El-Sawy865,073/
El Sawi861,185/
El Sawa86249/
El Saby86100/
El Zawy8610/
El Shahawy829,506/
El Shahway824/
El Shaby80292/
El Shawa80226/
El Shawi80203/
El Shewy80153/
El Sahwi80122/
El Sawit8098/
El Sawai8034/
El-Saawy805/
El-Sawey804/
El Saawa804/
El Zahwy804/
El-Shawy801/
El Sobay801/
El Shaaby75493/
El Sabahy75491/
El Shawwa7510/
El Zahawy758/
El Shewiy754/
El Chaway752/
El Ssawee751/
El Shahby751/
El Shaawi751/
El Seabay751/
El Hsaybi751/
El Shobay751/
El Shewey751/
El Sabe717,212/
El Shahawi715,891/
El-Shahawy711,574/
El-Sawi71440/
El Sabi71125/
El Shawish7194/
El Shobahy717/
El Shahaby715/
El-Zawy714/
El Zawj711/
El-Sawa711/
El Zawe711/
El Zaby711/
El Zahwi67244/
El Sabih67214/
El-Shewy67153/
El-Shawa67127/
El Sahbi67122/
El Soweh6728/
El Sabee6715/
El Sabea6713/
El Zahwa6710/
El Jawwi679/
El Jahwi679/
El Shaweesh675/
El Sohby674/
El Shabi674/
El Zawaj674/
El Saabi672/
El Sobhy672/
El Zobay671/
El Zawaa671/
El-Shahawey671/
El Schahawi671/
El-Zahwy671/
El-Sobay671/
El Sabei671/
El Sabai671/
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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 Sawy
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