El Shirawi Surname

315,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,190 people bear this surname

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

El Shirawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Shirawi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United Arab Emirates1,1711:7,824986
Oman181:204,8873,723
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436

El Shirawi (14) may also be a first name.

El Shirawi Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Shirawi is held by more people in The United Arab Emirates than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The surname is the 315,325th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 6,123,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of El Shirawi reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 100 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 3,024,661st most widespread first name on earth, held by 14 people.

It is most prevalent in The United Arab Emirates, where it is held by 1,171 people, or 1 in 7,824. In The United Arab Emirates it is primarily concentrated in: Dubai, where 8 percent reside and Ras al-Khaimah, where 7 percent reside. Outside of The United Arab Emirates it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Oman, where 2 percent reside and Lebanon, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Sherawi901/
El Sehrawy80370/
El Sherawy809/
El Serawy741/
El Sheraby701,747/
El-Sehrawy70123/
El-Sehrawey671/
El Seraby631/
El Sherouby5731/
El Zeraby531/

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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 Shirawi
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