Qawy Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iraq
Highest density in:
Iraq

Qawy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Qawy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Qawy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Qawy is borne by more people in Iraq than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Qawy? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,543,123rd most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Qawy live; 71 percent live in West Asia and 68 percent live in Levant.

This last name is most frequently used in Iraq, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 1,667,698. Apart from Iraq Qawy is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 19 percent reside and Thailand, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Qaway8952/
Qawiy8932/
Quawiy805/
Quawoy801/
Qawi751,120/
Kawy75885/
Qaby75216/
Qawe75100/
Qowy7523/
Qewy751/
Cawy750/
Qawahay731/
Quaweey731/
Kaway67608/
Qawwa67305/
Kawey67153/
Caway67140/
Cawoy6762/
Kawuy6738/
Qhawe6736/
Qawee6717/
Qaywi6717/
Qhawa6713/
Qabay676/
Cawuy675/
Qawai674/
Qahwi674/
Kawoy672/
Cawey672/
Keawy671/
Quawe671/
Qawer671/
Quaby671/
Quawi671/
Qawwi671/
Qawiz671/
Qhawi671/
Gqawe671/
Qawez671/
Qawaa671/
Kaswy670/

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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 Qawy
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