Sakhawi Surname
Approximately 2,520 people bear this surname
Sakhawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 2,441 | 1:37,663 | 3,917 |
| Mauritania | 59 | 1:69,404 | 4,742 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Sakhawi (29) may also be a first name.
Sakhawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakhawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sakhawi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﺨﺎﻭﻱ) is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sakhawi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakhawi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 170,957th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 2,891,883 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sakhawi reside; 97 percent reside in North Africa and 97 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most widespread first name internationally It is held by 29 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is carried by 2,441 people, or 1 in 37,663. Beside Egypt Sakhawi is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 2 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sakhawi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sakhawi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﺨﺎﻭﻱ | alskhawy | 91.67 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺨﺎﻭﻯ | alskhawy | 8.33 |
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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 Sakhawi
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