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) has its highest incidence in Egypt. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawy? popularity and diffusion
It is the 397,886th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 8,234,515 people. Kawy occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Kawy live; 66 percent live in North Africa and 66 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 27 people.
The last name is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 580 people, or 1 in 158,510. Without taking into account Egypt this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also found 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
- 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 Kawy
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