Radwan Surname

2,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216,501 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Libya

Radwan Surname User-submission:

This surname refers to an angel that guards paradise in the Islamic religion.

Radwan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt135,7281:67782
Saudi Arabia23,4131:1,318129
Syria12,1741:1,585206
Libya11,4961:543101
Palestine6,3741:71482
Jordan5,5881:1,582262
Yemen5,2441:5,039716
Lebanon2,8281:1,993388
Poland2,7491:13,8262,005
Sudan2,5201:14,8852,042
Kuwait1,3211:2,877376
United States1,0911:332,22630,068
Iraq9901:35,3751,596
United Arab Emirates8761:10,4591,310
Bangladesh8111:196,4946,734
Morocco6131:56,2429,319
Qatar5591:4,218431
Bahrain2351:5,7391,064
Germany2151:374,44435,419
Israel2001:42,7885,799
England1681:331,65524,447
Canada1661:221,96121,363
France1551:428,53462,172
Djibouti1251:7,319508
Venezuela1191:253,8166,251
Sweden811:121,5658,649
Indonesia651:2,034,603127,068
Australia611:442,55234,724
Malaysia521:567,19727,732
Austria451:189,23224,045
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Switzerland351:234,65519,741
Romania321:627,43344,366
Netherlands291:582,31651,332
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Tunisia201:30,5314,563
Denmark201:282,23621,168
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Iran161:4,798,908119,068
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Italy131:4,704,361107,811
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Niger121:1,599,33532,126
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Finland101:549,67032,186
Norway101:514,22941,629
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
Greece91:1,231,08885,267
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
China41:341,830,39216,990
Oman41:921,9937,313
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Radwan (98,805) may also be a first name.

Radwan Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname refers to an angel that guards paradise in the Islamic religion.

- rizwanazizmuhammad

In the Islamic religion "Guard Paradise" is called radwan.

- radwanmohamed

Radwan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Radwan (Arabic: لرضوان) is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Radwan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Radwan is the 2,560th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,661 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Radwan are found; 69 percent are found in North Africa and 69 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Radwan is also the 10,313th most numerous forename globally, held by 98,805 people.

Radwan is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is carried by 135,728 people, or 1 in 677. Without taking into account Egypt it exists in 87 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 11 percent live and Syria, where 6 percent live.

Radwan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Druze (47%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those bearing the Radwan last name are 3.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.56% being registered with the political party.

The amount Radwan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 51.25% less than the national average, earning €14,640 per year; in Norway they earn 40.47% less than the national average, earning 206,010 kr per year; in United States they earn 21.58% more than the national average, earning $52,462 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.28% less than the national average, earning $45,071 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Radhwan92760/
Radwane92556/
Radwaan92122/
Readwan928/
Raidwan922/
Radwhan921/
Radhwane8615/
Raddwann864/
Raidewan862/
Readewan861/
Radwhane861/
Radwaane861/
Redwan8336,976/
Raduan831,375/
Radvan83710/
Rodwan83329/
Ratwan83253/
Radban8320/
Radwon839/
Radwam838/
Radwanová801/
Radvand77243/
Radhvan77159/
Radhuan7780/
Redhwan7739/
Radduan7719/
Rathwan7713/
Reedwan777/
Readuan777/
Raduang775/
Raaduan774/
Reidwan773/
Rodwang772/
Raduaan771/
Roudwan771/
Raduane771/
Rodhwan771/
Rodwaun771/
Rodwhan771/
Ratwain771/
Rattwan771/
Radtuan771/
Ratduang71122/
Raithwan718/
Radthuan715/
Roudwane714/
Ra'aduan714/
Radhuane714/
Rahatwan712/
Roudwang711/
Rodwayne711/
Rzatwanh711/
Readhuan711/
Rodweang711/
Rodwhang711/
Reduan671,983/
Rotwan67888/
Radvanová67169/
Roduan67159/
Ratwon67114/
Rodvan6735/
Rodban6729/
Radwoń6724/
Radvon6723/
Radbon6721/
Redvan6718/
Raduam6717/
Radván6716/
Radvanova6713/
Ratuan6713/
Radvaň6711/
Redwon671/
Ratwam671/

Radwan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Radwan in the Arabic language
لرضوانlrdwan-
الرضوانalrdwan-
رسوانrswan-
رضوانrdwan-

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