Muwafi Surname

233,811th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,724 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Muwafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muwafi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1,7081:53,8275,185
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Jordan31:2,947,47921,051
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Muwafi Last Name Facts

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

Muwafi occurs more in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Muwafi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 233,811th most frequently used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 4,227,115 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Muwafi are found; 99 percent are found in North Africa and 99 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 1,708 people, or 1 in 53,827. Apart from Egypt Muwafi occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live and Jordan, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muwaffi927/
Mouwafi924/
Mowafi837,795/
Muwafy831/
Muwaffa774/
Mowafii771/
Mowafie771/
Muwaffer712/
Mouwayfa711/
Mowafy6717,413/
Mowafe67122/
Mowafa676/
Muwofa671/
Mowafey62123/
Mowafyy624/
Muvaphi621/
Mowafee621/

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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 Muwafi
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