Maaoui Surname
Approximately 1,379 people bear this surname
Maaoui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,048 | 1:36,862 | 6,697 |
| France | 176 | 1:377,402 | 56,030 |
| Tunisia | 95 | 1:6,428 | 1,048 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Mâaoui (1) & Maàoui (1) are calculated separately.
Maaoui (23) may also be a first name.
Maaoui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maaoui Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maaoui (Arabic: معاوى) is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Mâaoui or Maàoui. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maaoui? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 280,156th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 5,284,660 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Maaoui live; 84 percent live in North Africa and 84 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 23 people.
The last name is most frequent in Algeria, where it is held by 1,048 people, or 1 in 36,862. In Algeria it is most numerous in: Sétif Province, where 45 percent live, Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, where 27 percent live and Biskra Province, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Algeria this surname is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in France, where 13 percent live and Tunisia, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maaoui Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maaoui in the Arabic language | ||
| معاوى | mawy | - |
| معاوي | mawy | - |
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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 Maaoui
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