Knawy Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Knawy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Knawy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knawy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Knawy is most common in Egypt. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Knawy? popularity and diffusion
Knawy is the 1,202,518th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 37,181,357 people. Knawy is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Knawy reside; 93 percent reside in North Africa and 93 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 502,381. Without taking into account Egypt it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live and Kuwait, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knawey | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kennawy | 83 | 4 | / |
| Knawi | 80 | 919 | / |
| Knawa | 80 | 148 | / |
| Knaby | 80 | 27 | / |
| Knawe | 80 | 20 | / |
| Qnawy | 80 | 2 | / |
| Knavy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kennaway | 77 | 374 | / |
| Knobay | 73 | 6 | / |
| Knoway | 73 | 3 | / |
| Knawiz | 73 | 2 | / |
| Knawes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Knnawi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Knawer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Knaivy | 73 | 0 | / |
| Knawet | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kinnawa | 67 | 463 | / |
| Kinnavy | 67 | 128 | / |
| Kennaby | 67 | 75 | / |
| Kennawi | 67 | 13 | / |
| Kennawe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kennewy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kennowy | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Knawy
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