Fawas Surname
Approximately 1,020 people bear this surname
Fawas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 658 | 1:31,624 | 3,961 |
| India | 101 | 1:7,594,707 | 163,091 |
| Philippines | 52 | 1:1,946,889 | 117,777 |
| United Arab Emirates | 42 | 1:218,149 | 14,475 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Qatar | 34 | 1:69,353 | 6,725 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Indonesia | 31 | 1:4,266,103 | 213,470 |
| Chile | 10 | 1:1,761,647 | 27,489 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Fawas (1,905) may also be a first name.
Fawas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fawas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fawas (Arabic: فواس) occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fawas? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 356,197th most prevalent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 7,144,653 people. The surname Fawas is primarily found in Asia, where 94 percent of Fawas are found; 75 percent are found in South Asia and 74 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Fawas is also the 174,131st most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 1,905 people.
The last name Fawas is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 658 people, or 1 in 31,624. Barring Sri Lanka Fawas is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in India, where 10 percent reside and The Philippines, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faiwas | 91 | 58 | / |
| Fawwas | 91 | 18 | / |
| Fawash | 91 | 10 | / |
| Fawais | 91 | 8 | / |
| Fawaas | 91 | 1 | / |
| Fawast | 91 | 1 | / |
| Fawase | 91 | 1 | / |
| Faawazs | 83 | 1 | / |
| Faawasz | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fawaz | 80 | 55,667 | / |
| Favas | 80 | 1,402 | / |
| Fabas | 80 | 620 | / |
| Fawaj | 80 | 3 | / |
| Vawas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fawax | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fowas | 80 | 0 | / |
| Fawwaz | 73 | 1,598 | / |
| Fahuas | 73 | 31 | / |
| Fawaiz | 73 | 19 | / |
| Fawaaz | 73 | 18 | / |
| Fauwaz | 73 | 8 | / |
| Fawose | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fawazz | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fawadz | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fawoos | 73 | 1 | / |
| Favasz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Faibas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fawadj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fowash | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fawwaj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Favasp | 73 | 1 | / |
| Favaas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Favaits | 67 | 82 | / |
| Fawaidz | 67 | 19 | / |
| Fawache | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fahuase | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faubash | 67 | 0 | / |
Fawas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fawas in the Arabic language | ||
| فواس | fwas | - |
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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 Fawas
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