Fadawy Surname

1,369,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Fadawy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fadawy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Lebanon51:1,127,41717,983
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

Fadawy (149) may also be a first name.

Fadawy Last Name Facts

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

Fadawy occurs more in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fadawy? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,369,340th most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. The last name Fadawy occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Fadawy live; 95 percent live in North Africa and 95 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 754,880th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 149 people.

This surname is most widespread in Egypt, where it is held by 153 people, or 1 in 600,887. Outside of Egypt this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 3 percent reside and Yemen, where 1 percent reside.

Fadawy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fadawi831,258/
Fedawy83499/
Fadawa8350/
Fadawe834/
Fadewy832/
Fadavy831/
Fadawei778/
Fahdawi775/
Fadaiwa772/
Fadawer771/
Fadoway771/
Fedaway770/
Fahadawi711/
Vadhaway711/
Fadavi67353/
Fedawi67252/
Fedawe6728/
Fadabi679/
Fadewi678/
Fadave675/
Fadewe674/
Vadawe671/
Fadabe671/

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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 Fadawy
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