El Shenawy Surname

82,999th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,833 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Jordan

El Shenawy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Shenawy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt4,0271:22,8302,615
Jordan9581:9,2301,725
Kuwait2991:12,7111,729
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Palestine921:49,4445,080
Lebanon801:70,4645,013
United Arab Emirates451:203,60614,059
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Tunisia141:43,6166,025
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

El Shenawy Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Shenawy is found most in Egypt. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of El Shenawy.

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

It is the 82,999th most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,249,365 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of El Shenawy reside; 69 percent reside in North Africa and 69 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

It is most widely held in Egypt, where it is carried by 4,027 people, or 1 in 22,830. Apart from Egypt this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 16 percent live and Kuwait, where 5 percent live.

El Shenawy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Sunni (55%) in Lebanon.

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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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  • 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 Shenawy
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