Shehawy Surname

249,252nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,593 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Shehawy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shehawy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1,3121:70,0736,466
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Shehawy Last Name Facts

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

Shehawy occurs more in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Shehawy click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shehawy? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shehawy is the 249,252nd most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 4,574,731 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Shehawy reside; 82 percent reside in North Africa and 82 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is borne by 1,312 people, or 1 in 70,073. Without taking into account Egypt it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 17 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shehawey934/
Sheawy921/
Shihawy86122/
Shehawi8635/
Chehawy864/
Shehawe862/
Shehawie801/
Seehaway801/
Shehabiy801/
Sehawa77165/
Seaway7736/
Sehawi7722/
Shawey7714/
Sehawe7711/
Sheawa772/
Sheavy772/
Sheaby770/
Cheaway7133/
Chehowy7124/
Schiewy7113/
Shihawi714/
Seehuay714/
Shahawe714/
Shihaby714/
Sehawie713/
Sehaiwa712/
Sieaway711/
Shajawy711/
Siehawe711/
Shehave711/
Sheavey710/
Shoeway710/
Shawe671,975/
Sawey671,183/
Seaby67580/
Seavy67351/
Seawa6719/
Sauwy676/
Shehabaj672/
Seihawet671/
Seawe671/
Seehawet671/
Shehahbi671/
Shyewaya671/
Shehaveh671/
Shehavaj671/
Shehabeh671/
Scheiway670/

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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 Shehawy
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