Mousawy Surname
Approximately 2,211 people bear this surname
Mousawy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 2,135 | 1:12,377 | 1,474 |
| Iraq | 63 | 1:555,899 | 8,855 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Mousawy (140) may also be a first name.
Mousawy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mousawy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mousawy is found in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mousawy? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 190,765th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 3,296,041 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Mousawy live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 97 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 781,395th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 140 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Yemen, where it is held by 2,135 people, or 1 in 12,377. In Yemen it is most numerous in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 49 percent are found, Hajjah Governorate, where 23 percent are found and Ibb Governorate, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Yemen Mousawy is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 3 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Mousawy
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