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 can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kawy.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawy? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 397,886th most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,234,515 people. The surname Kawy occurs mostly 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 frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 27 people.
This last name is most widespread in Egypt, where it is held by 580 people, or 1 in 158,510. Beside Egypt this last name is found in 18 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 22 percent are found and Iraq, where 5 percent are found.
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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