Hawaya Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Hawaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Hawaya (118) may also be a first name.
Hawaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hawaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hawaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻮﺍﻱ, Marathi: हवैया) occurs most in Egypt. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hawaya? popularity and diffusion
Hawaya is the 3,665,662nd most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Hawaya reside; 31 percent reside in East Africa and 31 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 859,937th most frequently held given name globally. It is borne by 118 people.
It is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 10,215,084. Beside Egypt this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 24 percent live and Niger, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hawaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaya in the Marathi language | ||
| हवैया | havaiya | - |
| Hawaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻮﺍﻱ | hway | 50 |
| ﺣﻮﻳﻪ | hwyh | 50 |
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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 Hawaya
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