Sahnawi Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Sahnawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 70 | 1:80,530 | 5,381 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Sahnawi (793) may also be a first name.
Sahnawi Demographics
Sahnawi Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Sahnawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahnawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sahnawi is found most in Lebanon. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahnawi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,061,309th most widespread family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. The surname Sahnawi is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sahnawi reside; 87 percent reside in West Asia and 86 percent reside in Levant. Sahnawi is also the 290,823rd most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 793 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Lebanon, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 80,530. In Lebanon it is primarily found in: Beirut Governorate, where 64 percent are found, Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 21 percent are found and North Governorate, where 7 percent are found. Besides Lebanon Sahnawi exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 12 percent are found and Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.
Sahnawi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Sahnawi last name is chiefly Melkite Greek Catholic (92%) in Lebanon.
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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 Sahnawi
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