Knawi Surname

386,348th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 919 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iraq
Highest density in:
Iraq

Knawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Knawi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iraq7391:47,3911,919
Syria1751:110,2923,460
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Knawi (18) may also be a first name.

Knawi Last Name Facts

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

Knawi is most common in Iraq. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Knawi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 386,348th most frequently held surname globally, held by around 1 in 7,929,865 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Knawi live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 99 percent live in Levant. Knawi is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world It is held by 18 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Iraq, where it is carried by 739 people, or 1 in 47,391. Outside of Iraq this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Syria, where 19 percent are found and Egypt, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knawiz912/
Knnawi911/
Kennawi8313/
Knawy80196/
Knawa80148/
Knawe8020/
Qnawi805/
Knavi801/
Knowis7325/
Knavie7317/
Qunawi736/
Knowei734/
Knawes731/
Knawey731/
Knawer731/
Knaivy730/
Knawet730/
Kinnawa67463/
Kennawe674/
Kennawy674/
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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 Knawi
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