Filawi Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Filawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Filawi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Iran281:2,742,23386,474

Filawi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Filawi is most common in Egypt. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Filawi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,434,893rd most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Filawi reside; 81 percent reside in North Africa and 81 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

This surname is most numerous in Egypt, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Besides Egypt it occurs in one country. It is also common in Iran, where 19 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Filabi8312/
Felawi833/
Vilawi831/
Fihlawa7778/
Fetlawi774/
Philawi771/
Filyawa771/
Filawoa771/
Failowi771/
Filiowich6737/
Filyavich6714/
Vilavi6711/
Filiavich674/
Vilawe672/
Felabi672/
Felewi671/
Filevi671/
Filovi671/
Filaby670/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Filawi
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