Shawaf Surname

146,655th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,022 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

Shawaf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shawaf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1,8911:48,6184,776
Saudi Arabia9141:33,7594,846
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
Iraq371:946,53112,381
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
United Arab Emirates221:416,46723,075
Jordan211:421,06812,361
Syria101:1,930,1029,170
Lebanon51:1,127,41717,983
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
England41:13,929,515290,718
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
France11:66,422,722504,397
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Shawaf (62) may also be a first name.

Shawaf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shawaf (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻮﺍﻑ) is found most frequently in Egypt. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Shawaf click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shawaf? popularity and diffusion

Shawaf is the 146,655th most commonly held family name globally, held by around 1 in 2,411,498 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Shawaf are found; 63 percent are found in North Africa and 63 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Shawaf is also the 1,246,114th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 62 people.

The last name Shawaf is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is held by 1,891 people, or 1 in 48,618. Other than Egypt Shawaf occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 30 percent reside and Kuwait, where 2 percent reside.

Shawaf Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those bearing the Shawaf last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 75% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Shawaf earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 26.13% less than the national average, earning $31,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.48% more than the national average, earning $55,387 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shawwaf9232/
Shawaaf922/
Sawaf916,858/
Sawwaf83232/
Chawaf8360/
Shabaf8353/
Shavaf833/
Shawaw831/
Shawav831/
Showaf831/
Schawab7715/
Shahbaf772/
Chawafe772/
Shawaib771/
Shahwab771/
Shauwab771/
Shawhaw770/
Savaf7311/
Sabaf736/
Sowaf732/
Sawaw731/
Zawaf731/
Sawav730/
Shabaifh712/
Shawawth711/
Shawahaw711/
Shabab678,352/
Shavab6755/
Shavav6748/
Shabav6740/
Shabow6729/
Sawowa6726/
Sawoff6718/
Shawow676/
Shawob675/
Sawavt673/
Chawav672/
Sohwab672/
Sawaaw671/
Sawaub671/
Sawasw671/
Sawauw671/
Siawaw671/
Shobaf671/
Sabaaf671/

Shawaf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shawaf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺸﻮﺍﻑalshwaf-

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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 Shawaf
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