Hwala Surname
Approximately 320 people bear this surname
Hwala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Syria | 14 | 1:1,378,644 | 7,647 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Hwala (202) may also be a first name.
Hwala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hwala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hwala (Arabic: شوالي) is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Hwala click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hwala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 853,416th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 22,773,581 people. The last name Hwala occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Hwala reside; 86 percent reside in North Africa and 86 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 637,340th most prevalent forename globally, borne by 202 people.
This surname is most numerous in Egypt, where it is borne by 275 people, or 1 in 334,312. Apart from Egypt Hwala exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside and Syria, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hwala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hwala in the Arabic language | ||
| شوالي | shwaly | - |
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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 Hwala
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