Qawad Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Qawad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Qawad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436

Qawad (26) may also be a first name.

Qawad Last Name Facts

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

The surname Qawad is borne by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Qawad? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Qawad live; 63 percent live in South Asia and 63 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,084,397th most common first name in the world, held by 26 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 16,076,592. In Afghanistan it is mostly found in: Herat, where 50 percent live and Kabul, where 50 percent live. Outside of Afghanistan this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 25 percent live and Yemen, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Qaswad911/
Kawad801,568/
Cawad801,092/
Qabad80751/
Qawat8014/
Khawad7393/
Kawaid7326/
Qowaid7311/
Qawwat734/
Kawhad733/
Qawast732/
Hqawat732/
Qaywat731/
Qawood731/
Kahwad731/
Kawatd731/
Cawaid731/
Kaewead6730/
Keawead679/
Kaewaid678/
Khawaid678/
Qawaath674/
Khawadh672/
Keawaid672/
Khawead672/
Khawwad671/
Khawads671/
Qaswaat671/
Qashwat671/
Quawood671/
Khaiwad671/
Kahawad671/

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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
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  • 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 Qawad
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