Fawah Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Fawah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fawah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia1081:40,8203,745
Cameroon411:506,56340,818
Lebanon71:805,29815,541
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Fawah (202) may also be a first name.

Fawah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fawah has its highest incidence in Liberia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fawah? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fawah is the 1,338,236th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Fawah reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 637,340th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 202 people.

It is most frequent in Liberia, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 40,820. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Bong County, where 63 percent live, Montserrado County, where 21 percent live and Margibi County, where 10 percent live. Outside of Liberia it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent live and Lebanon, where 4 percent live.

Fawah Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Sunni (75%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fawash9110/
Fawhah914/
Fahwah911/
Faiwah911/
Fawa892,737/
Fawai80850/
Fowah80146/
Faway80124/
Vawah8055/
Fahwa8025/
Faywa8022/
Faiwa8021/
Fawau8016/
Fajwa8011/
Fawwa808/
Fawua807/
Fauwa807/
Fawaj803/
Fawoh803/
Fawaa801/
Ffawa801/
Fahuwa7385/
Faiwas7358/
Fowaah738/
Phawah734/
Pfawai733/
Fawadz732/
Feaway731/
Fohwah731/
Fawead731/
Fowash731/
Fatvah731/
Fawwaj731/
Fawast731/
Favaha731/
Feewah731/
Faawua731/
Fava6726,764/
Faba675,732/
Fowa67478/
Vawa67339/
Fawo67100/
Fewa6766/
Fatvahy6739/
Fawaidz6719/
Fouweah6715/
Pfawaid6713/
Fawouch672/
Faawasz671/
Fhauway671/
Feahway671/
Fajvath671/
Fahahua671/
Faawazs671/
Fausway670/

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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
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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 Fawah
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