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) is found most frequently in Sri Lanka. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Fawas.
How Common Is The Last Name Fawas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 356,197th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 7,144,653 people. Fawas is primarily found in Asia, where 94 percent of Fawas live; 75 percent live in South Asia and 74 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 174,131st most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,905 people.
The surname Fawas is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 658 people, or 1 in 31,624. Excluding Sri Lanka it occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in India, where 10 percent are found and The Philippines, where 5 percent are found.
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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