Gnawi Surname

891,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 301 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Gnawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gnawi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco2391:144,25125,171
Papua New Guinea281:291,20439,406
Israel141:611,26042,949
Benin91:1,148,40050,768
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Gnawi Last Name Facts

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

Gnawi has its highest incidence in Morocco. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gnawi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gnawi is the 891,661st most frequent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 24,211,116 people. The last name Gnawi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Gnawi reside; 82 percent reside in North Africa and 81 percent reside in Mahgreb.

Gnawi is most widespread in Morocco, where it is held by 239 people, or 1 in 144,251. Besides Morocco this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent are found and Israel, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghnawi91208/
Gnawui919/
Ngnawi911/
Gnnawi911/
Nawi8921,513/
Ginnawi832/
Nawai8012,607/
Gnawa80831/
Nawoi80542/
Gnavi80451/
Nahwi80422/
Gnawe80275/
Nawii80149/
Nawhi80137/
Naawi80101/
Nawei8092/
Nyawi8092/
Nawiy8083/
Nawie8058/
Nawih8044/
Gnabi8016/
Najwi8011/
Hnawi8011/
Naiwi8010/
Nauwi8010/
Nnawi808/
Niawi807/
Nawui805/
Njawi804/
Nawwi804/
Nhawi802/
Neawi801/
Gnawy801/
Nyawai73921/
Nahawi73349/
Ghnabi7352/
Ngnawe7336/
Gnavit7331/
Naiwai7328/
Nahwai7321/
Nawaih7317/
Nahwis7314/
Gnabai7314/
Na'awi7313/
Nyawip7311/
Gnowoi737/
Nnawii736/
Gnawoa736/
Ghnawa734/
Naweih734/
Njawai734/
Nyawoi733/
Nihawi733/
Gnaway732/
Nawich732/
Hnnawi732/
Nahwiy731/
Naiwei731/
Najowi731/
Nawaij731/
Najwai731/
Neawii731/
Nhawii731/
Nnaawi731/
Nauwie731/
Naweit731/
Nawgoi731/
Nayowi731/
Ngawyi731/
N'Yawi731/
Nyawii731/
Gnouwi731/
Gnavie731/
Gnawhe731/
Nehawi731/
Nawaai731/
Naweis731/
Nawijh731/
Nawwai731/
Ngawei731/
Nabi67601,832/
Navi6737,993/
Nawa6721,645/
Nawe673,809/
Nowi67194/
Nyahwai67106/
Nawy67102/
Nnawihe6719/
Nawuihe6716/
Niahawi679/
Nawaijs675/
Ñawi672/
Gnawoue672/
Nnaawii671/
Nnauwii671/
Nachwei671/
Nachwit671/
Naswaid671/
Nawé671/
Njawaid671/
Nyaywai671/
Gnouwie671/
Nawoish671/
Nyawgai671/
Nashwit671/

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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 Gnawi
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