Metwally Surname

7,443rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 76,394 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Metwally Surname User-submission:

An Arabic name that means "he who takes charge"; very common in Egypt.

Metwally Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt64,8901:1,417196
Saudi Arabia7,7911:3,960533
Kuwait8771:4,334585
United Arab Emirates5151:17,7912,117
Jordan4551:19,4342,918
Iraq3771:92,8962,877
Yemen3421:77,2675,215
Palestine2881:15,7952,755
Lebanon2651:21,2722,533
United States1651:2,196,721138,143
Qatar1091:21,6332,325
Bahrain731:18,4743,432
Canada421:877,27667,671
Germany331:2,439,559124,421
Syria271:714,8535,897
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
England211:2,653,24194,788
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
France41:16,605,680368,153
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Metwally (9,099) may also be a first name.

Metwally Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

An Arabic name that means "he who takes charge"; very common in Egypt.

- ibrahim87

Metwally Last Name Facts

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

Metwally (Arabic: متولى) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Metwally? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,443rd most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 95,394 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Metwally live; 85 percent live in North Africa and 85 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 65,220th most frequently occurring given name at a global level, held by 9,099 people.

This last name is most numerous in Egypt, where it is held by 64,890 people, or 1 in 1,417. Other than Egypt this last name is found in 51 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 10 percent reside and Kuwait, where 1 percent reside.

Metwally Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Greek Orthodox (62%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those bearing the Metwally last name are 16.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.64% registered with the political party.

The amount Metwally earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.33% more than the national average, earning $43,725 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.84% less than the national average, earning $43,302 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Metwalley94491/
Mettwally94349/
Metwallyh946/
Metwallyy941/
Metwallya941/
Metwaly9330,972/
Metwalli885,042/
Mitwally881,972/
Mettwaly88430/
Matwally88130/
Metwaley88122/
Metwalle884/
Metually881/
Metwaily881/
Metwaliy881/
Mitwalley82199/
Mettwalli822/
Methwalli821/
Metwali802,972/
Mitwaly80533/
Matwaly80374/
Metwale80367/
Metualy804/
Metwala801/
Mitwalli751,113/
Metwalee759/
Mittwaly752/
Methwale752/
Motwalli751/
Mettualli713/
Mattually711/
Metwailer711/
Mitwali67269/
Matwali67222/
Matwale67155/
Mitwale6742/
Motwali6717/
Motwale677/
Mitwala671/
Medwali671/
Medwala671/

Metwally Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Metwally in the Arabic language
متولىmtwly-
متوليmtwly-

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