Halwah Surname
Approximately 8,219 people bear this surname
Halwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 8,176 | 1:11,245 | 1,336 |
| Indonesia | 42 | 1:3,148,790 | 173,812 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Halwah (1,541) may also be a first name.
Halwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Halwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Halwah (Arabic: حلوه) occurs most in Egypt. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Halwah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 61,191st most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 886,671 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Halwah are found; 99 percent are found in North Africa and 99 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Halwah is also the 197,526th most commonly held forename throughout the world It is held by 1,541 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is borne by 8,176 people, or 1 in 11,245. Other than Egypt it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 1 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Halwah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Halwah in the Arabic language | ||
| حلوه | hlwh | - |
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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 Halwah
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