View the most religious surnames in Lebanon

Where Does The Last Name Fatwa Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Fatwa (Arabic: الفتوى) is found most in Indonesia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Fatwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Fatwa? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 227,277^th most widely held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 4,082,659 people. Fatwa occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Fatwa live; 75 percent live in Southeast Asia and 75 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 162,262^nd most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 2,141 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1,339 people, or 1 in 98,767. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: West Java, where 39 percent are found, East Java, where 12 percent are found and South Sulawesi, where 10 percent are found. Beside Indonesia this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 14 percent are found and Iraq, where 5 percent are found.

Fatwa Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Fatwa surname is principally Maronite (86%) in Lebanon.