Qawas Surname

257,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,527 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Palestine

Qawas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Qawas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saudi Arabia5571:55,3967,891
Palestine4141:10,9882,139
Jordan3951:22,3863,175
Kuwait671:56,7276,926
Lebanon501:112,7426,349
Syria161:1,206,3147,138
Yemen61:4,404,21618,907
Pakistan61:29,773,98192,487
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
England11:55,718,059489,080
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Qawas (12) may also be a first name.

Qawas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Qawas occurs in Saudi Arabia more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Qawas? popularity and diffusion

The surname Qawas is the 257,812th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 4,772,460 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Qawas are found; 99 percent are found in West Asia and 57 percent are found in Levant. Qawas is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used given name on earth, held by 12 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Saudi Arabia, where it is borne by 557 people, or 1 in 55,396. Other than Saudi Arabia it exists in 18 countries. It is also found in Palestine, where 27 percent are found and Jordan, where 26 percent are found.

Qawas Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Qawas surname is predominantly Sunni (75%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Qawwas9122/
Qawash918/
Qawass913/
Qawast912/
Quawas912/
Qahwash83667/
Kawas805,971/
Qabas802,048/
Cawas801,025/
Qavas802/
Qowas801/
Qawaz801/
Qewas801/
Kawase7347,173/
Khawas7331,918/
Kawash731,884/
Kawass73585/
Qabash7371/
Kawwas7323/
Kaiwas7317/
Caways739/
Kawaus731/
Hkawas731/
Kawais731/
Cawast731/
Cawass731/
Quavas731/
Qayvas731/
Kaswas731/
Kawgas731/
Qabais731/
Qavass731/
Qabass731/
Qaweis731/
Qhowas731/
Kaewas731/
Khawash671,976/
Khawaas671,831/
Khawase67220/
Kahwash67140/
Kawasse6774/
Kawasch6736/
Qabashh6721/
Khawais6720/
Kawaase6718/
Khaswas6714/
Kawaish6710/
Khauwas6710/
Khawass679/
Kawwass676/
Khawwas676/
Kaywash674/
Kawadse674/
Kawashe673/
Kaawash672/
Kawaysh671/
Khaways671/
Kaswase671/
Kahawas671/
Kaiswas671/
Khawads671/
Kauways671/
Kaswash671/

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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 Qawas
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