Hesnawi Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Libya
Highest density in:
Libya

Hesnawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hesnawi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Libya251:249,7591,033
Iran51:15,356,505213,424
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Hesnawi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hesnawi is held by more people in Libya than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hesnawi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,100,440th most frequent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Hesnawi reside; 73 percent reside in North Africa and 63 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in Libya, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 249,759. Not including Libya this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 13 percent are found and Morocco, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hessnawi935/
Esnawi9215/
Hasnawi861,341/
Hisnawi8617/
Hosnawi868/
Hesnawy863/
Hesnawe861/
Hassnawi8014/
Hasnawiy801/
Kheznawi801/
Asnawi779,737/
Esnawy77307/
Isnawi77107/
Esnawe7721/
Osnawi7718/
Esnabi773/
Asnawie7152/
Asnahwi7131/
Chesnavich7125/
Asnawai7112/
Haznawi717/
Hasnawy716/
Ashnawi715/
Eshnawy714/
Hosnavi713/
Hiznawi713/
Essnabi712/
Hasnavi712/
Asnaawi711/
Esnawey711/
Hisnawy711/
Ezznawi711/
Aesnawy711/
Esnaibe711/
Ejnawiy711/
Hassnewi671/
Hassnavi671/
Hissnawy671/
Khiznawi671/

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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 Hesnawi
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