El Wavi Surname
447,229th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 762 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania
El Wavi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 762 | 1:5,374 | 626 |
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Wavy | 86 | 18 | / |
| El-Wavi | 86 | 15 | / |
| El Wawi | 86 | 11 | / |
| El Wevi | 86 | 1 | / |
| El Wahbi | 80 | 630 | / |
| El Hwawi | 80 | 1 | / |
| El Wahabi | 75 | 1,182 | / |
| El Wahaibi | 71 | 333 | / |
| El Babi | 71 | 309 | / |
| El Bawi | 71 | 137 | / |
| El Wahaiby | 71 | 4 | / |
| El Waby | 71 | 1 | / |
| El Bahwi | 67 | 323 | / |
| El Wahby | 67 | 180 | / |
| El Veive | 67 | 16 | / |
| El Hbabi | 67 | 11 | / |
| El Baibi | 67 | 5 | / |
| El Baibe | 67 | 1 | / |
| El Weiwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| El Wajby | 67 | 1 | / |
| El Whabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| El Wahaby | 63 | 140 | / |
| El-Wahabi | 63 | 8 | / |
| El Uahabi | 63 | 7 | / |
| El Wahabe | 63 | 6 | / |
| El Baby | 57 | 12 | / |
| El Beybi | 53 | 170 | / |
| El Beibe | 53 | 44 | / |
| El Baawy | 53 | 30 | / |
| El Hbaby | 53 | 4 | / |
| El Veyve | 53 | 2 | / |
| El Booui | 53 | 1 | / |
| El Beiby | 53 | 1 | / |
| El Veiva | 53 | 1 | / |
| El Bahawy | 50 | 8 | / |
| El Bouwey | 50 | 1 | / |
| El Bahaby | 50 | 1 | / |
El Wavi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| El Wavi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻮﺍﻓﻲ | alwafy | 79.02 |
| ﺍﻟﻮﺍﻓﻰ | alwafy | 19.02 |
| ﺍﻟﻮﺍﻑ | alwaf | 0.98 |
| ﻟﻮﺍﻓﻲ | lwafy | 0.49 |
| ﺍﻟﻮﻓﻲ | alwfy | 0.49 |
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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 Wavi
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