Fawaz Surname

10,121st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55,667 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Fawaz Surname User-submission:

Fawaz means to be 'victorious' or to be 'saved' in Arabic. People bearing this family name are found in many parts of Lebanon. There are Christians, Shia Muslims and Sunni Muslims who bear the family name. The Shia members of this family in Lebanon are found in the southern Lebanese villages of Jwayyah (where the Darwish family is an offshoot), Tibnin, Abassiyeh, Ghassaniyyeh, Ansar and Seir al-Gharbiyyeh.

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Fawaz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria15,1751:1,272170
Egypt13,2101:6,960850
Lebanon8,8821:635114
Saudi Arabia5,9231:5,209718
Jordan2,6941:3,282662
Iraq2,5831:13,559951
Sri Lanka1,2431:16,7412,341
United States1,0331:350,88031,442
Israel7141:11,9851,837
Ghana6931:38,9914,481
Kuwait6071:6,261861
Pakistan5261:339,6276,802
United Arab Emirates3101:29,5563,247
France2641:251,60138,869
Canada1911:192,90918,967
Morocco1701:202,80134,956
India1701:4,512,149117,295
England1531:364,17025,923
Qatar1221:19,3282,128
Bahrain1031:13,0932,472
Sweden801:123,0848,745
Senegal721:202,4911,421
Guinea691:171,505960
Nigeria481:3,690,474107,175
Indonesia431:3,075,563171,061
Australia421:642,75544,739
Brazil391:5,489,085137,424
Yemen381:695,40211,077
Ivory Coast321:720,97619,991
Spain311:1,508,13046,256
Germany311:2,596,950129,424
Maldives291:13,9371,013
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Liberia261:169,55911,793
Sierra Leone251:283,585406
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
Malaysia211:1,404,48759,312
Belgium191:605,08754,956
Mauritania151:272,99112,403
Palestine141:324,91811,054
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Oman111:335,2704,992
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
Chile101:1,761,64727,489
Mali91:1,885,4481,868
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Benin61:1,722,60061,769
Wales51:618,90625,852
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Tunisia51:122,12516,050
Burkina Faso51:3,670,42019,318
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Panama41:978,06412,245
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Congo31:1,663,03227,638
Iran31:25,594,175224,183
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
China21:683,660,78330,601
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401

Fawaz (118,272) may also be a first name.

Fawaz Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Fawaz means to be 'victorious' or to be 'saved' in Arabic. People bearing this family name are found in many parts of Lebanon. There are Christians, Shia Muslims and Sunni Muslims who bear the family name. The Shia members of this family in Lebanon are found in the southern Lebanese villages of Jwayyah (where the Darwish family is an offshoot), Tibnin, Abassiyeh, Ghassaniyyeh, Ansar and Seir al-Gharbiyyeh. The Sunni members of this family in Lebanon are found in town of Chhim. The Christian members of this family in Lebanon are found in Jun, Mimaas, and Beirut. This family is has its origin in Ajloon (eastern Jordan) and Deir az-Zoor (Syria) and a part of Iraq.

- radwanhammoud

Fawaz Last Name Facts

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

Fawaz (Arabic: الفواز, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻮﺍﺯ, Hindi: फवाज़) is more commonly found in Syria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Fawaz click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fawaz? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,121st most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 130,913 people. Fawaz occurs mostly in Asia, where 70 percent of Fawaz are found; 67 percent are found in West Asia and 53 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 8,718th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 118,272 people.

The last name Fawaz is most frequent in Syria, where it is held by 15,175 people, or 1 in 1,272. In Syria Fawaz is primarily found in: Daraa Governorate, where 26 percent reside, Al-Suwayda Governorate, where 17 percent reside and Damascus Governorate, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Syria this last name is found in 91 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 24 percent reside and Lebanon, where 16 percent reside.

Fawaz Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Shiite (70%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Fawaz last name are 18.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 71.71% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Fawaz earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 238.79% more than the national average, earning R 805,092 per year; in United States they earn 18.55% more than the national average, earning $51,152 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.9% less than the national average, earning $48,740 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fawwaz911,598/
Fawaiz9119/
Fawaaz9118/
Fauwaz918/
Fawadz912/
Fawazz912/
Fawaidz8319/
Faawazs831/
Faawasz831/
Fawas801,020/
Fabaz80142/
Favaz80125/
Fowaz8010/
Fewaz803/
Fawaj803/
Vawaz802/
Fawax801/
Faiwas7358/
Fabatz7330/
Fawwas7318/
Favaaz7310/
Fawash7310/
Fawais738/
Fayvaz731/
Fawaas731/
Favasz731/
Faivaz731/
Fawadj731/
Fawase731/
Fawwaj731/
Fawast731/
Favazz731/
Favazp731/
Fhabazz671/
Fawache671/

Fawaz Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fawaz in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻓﻮﺍﺯfwaz-
Fawaz in the Hindi language
फवाज़phavaza50
फव्वाज़phavvaza50
Fawaz in the Arabic language
الفوازalfwaz-
فوآزfwaz-
فوّازfwaz-
فوازfwaz-

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