Fawy Surname

173,581st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,475 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Fawy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fawy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt2,2581:40,7164,150
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Qatar121:196,50026,891
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Fawy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fawy (Arabic: عفوي) is most common in Egypt. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fawy? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fawy is the 173,581st most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,944,463 people. The surname Fawy occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Fawy reside; 91 percent reside in North Africa and 91 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is held by 2,258 people, or 1 in 40,716. Other than Egypt this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 8 percent reside and Qatar, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fawey89155/
Faway89124/
Faywy891/
Fawyi891/
Fawoy891/
Faweye809/
Fawaya803/
Feaway801/
Fawa752,737/
Fawi752,375/
Faby75879/
Fawe75387/
Favy75151/
Fawj7511/
Fowy750/
Fhauway731/
Fashwey731/
Feahway731/
Fausway730/
Fabay671,521/
Fawai67850/
Fawie67841/
Fowey67519/
Favey67458/
Fawei67398/
Fobay67191/
Fauvy67110/
Fabey6791/
Fatvy6786/
Favay6763/
Faiwe6746/
Fahwi6743/
Faywa6722/
Faiwa6721/
Fauwe6717/
Faweh6713/
Fajwa6711/
Vaway6710/
Fawwa678/
Fewey678/
Fauwa677/
Fayva677/
Fawui675/
Faiby675/
Feawe674/
Favoy673/
Fawaj673/
Faboy672/
Fayue672/
Fawhi672/
Faiwi672/
Fawwi672/
Faybe671/
Fevay671/
Feaby671/
Ffawa671/
Vawey671/
Faawi671/
Fawaa671/
Faewe671/
Faybi671/
Fawii671/
Fajwi671/
Fayve671/
Fayui671/
Fawej671/
Faswe671/
Fauby670/
Feway670/
Fowhy670/

Fawy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fawy in the Arabic language
عفويfwy-
عفوىfwy-

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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 Fawy
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