Kawy Surname
Approximately 885 people bear this surname
Kawy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 580 | 1:158,510 | 12,069 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Kawy (27) may also be a first name.
Kawy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kawy (Arabic: عكوى, Hindi: काव्य) is found most in Egypt. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawy? popularity and diffusion
Kawy is the 397,886th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 8,234,515 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Kawy reside; 66 percent reside in North Africa and 66 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 27 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is carried by 580 people, or 1 in 158,510. Apart from Egypt Kawy is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 22 percent reside and Iraq, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kawy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kawy in the Hindi language | ||
| काव्य | kavya | - |
| Kawy in the Arabic language | ||
| عكوى | kwy | - |
| عكوي | kwy | - |
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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 Kawy
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