Hamzawy Surname

53,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,645 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Hamzawy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hamzawy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt9,1221:10,0781,205
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Iraq681:515,0248,412
Tunisia651:9,3941,568
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
Jordan291:304,91211,052
Palestine121:379,07111,768
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Lebanon41:1,409,27119,641
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Hamzawy (1,411) may also be a first name.

Hamzawy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hamzawy (Arabic: حمزاوي) has its highest incidence in Egypt. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hamzawy? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 53,022nd most frequent family name globally, held by around 1 in 755,578 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Hamzawy live; 95 percent live in North Africa and 95 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 207,956th most widespread first name globally, held by 1,411 people.

The surname Hamzawy is most widely held in Egypt, where it is borne by 9,122 people, or 1 in 10,078. Beside Egypt this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 3 percent live and Iraq, where 1 percent live.

Hamzawy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Hamzawy last name is primarily Sunni (75%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hamzawey939/
Amzawy921/
Hamzawi862,364/
Hamzawe86122/
Hemzawy864/
Hamzavy864/
Jamzawy863/
Khamzawi8038/
Hamshawy8018/
Hamzawie806/
Chamzawi804/
Hamzawee801/
Anzawy77119/
Amzawi773/
Amzawe772/
Amzawa771/
Amsawy771/
Hamzahawa751/
Hanzawa7116,130/
Hamzavi71884/
Hamsawi7126/
Hanzawi7122/
Hemzawi7111/
Hamjawi7111/
Hamzewi714/
Hamzabi712/
Gamzawi712/
Hemzawe711/
Amzabay711/
Hamzava711/
Ganzawy711/
Khamsawi67168/
Hamshawi676/
Hamsawwa671/
Chamsawi671/
Hamzaoue671/
Khanzawi671/

Hamzawy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Hamzawy in the Arabic language
حمزاويhmzawy-

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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 Hamzawy
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