Ghawi Surname
Approximately 9,067 people bear this surname
Ghawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 4,690 | 1:7,467 | 640 |
| Yemen | 1,374 | 1:19,232 | 2,046 |
| Lebanon | 704 | 1:8,007 | 1,264 |
| Saudi Arabia | 676 | 1:45,645 | 6,666 |
| Egypt | 549 | 1:167,460 | 12,562 |
| Jordan | 476 | 1:18,577 | 2,832 |
| United States | 119 | 1:3,045,873 | 177,373 |
| Palestine | 100 | 1:45,488 | 4,888 |
| Malaysia | 65 | 1:453,757 | 23,130 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Canada | 52 | 1:708,569 | 56,910 |
| Syria | 38 | 1:507,922 | 5,264 |
| Mauritania | 32 | 1:127,964 | 7,422 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Honduras | 5 | 1:1,763,288 | 5,823 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Ghawi (978) may also be a first name.
Ghawi Demographics
Ghawi Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Ghawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ghawi (Arabic: الغاوى, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻭﻱ) is borne by more people in Iraq than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghawi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 55,976th most widely held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 803,744 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Ghawi live; 90 percent live in West Asia and 66 percent live in Levant. Ghawi is also the 257,637th most widely held forename worldwide It is held by 978 people.
The last name is most numerous in Iraq, where it is borne by 4,690 people, or 1 in 7,467. Without taking into account Iraq it occurs in 43 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 15 percent live and Lebanon, where 8 percent live.
Ghawi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Maronite (66%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Ghawi last name are 25.45% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.22% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Ghawi earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 63.03% more than the national average, earning $70,344 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.95% more than the national average, earning $60,586 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghawi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghawi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻭﻱ | kawy | 78.57 |
| ﻗﺎﻭﻱ | qawy | 21.43 |
| Ghawi in the Arabic language | ||
| الغاوى | alghawy | - |
| الغاوي | alghawy | - |
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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 Ghawi
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