Tamawi Surname

427,014th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 809 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Tamawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tamawi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt7021:130,96310,408
Iran621:1,238,42852,776
Papua New Guinea231:354,50947,011
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Tamawi (143) may also be a first name.

Tamawi Last Name Facts

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

Tamawi is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tamawi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 427,014th most widespread last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 9,008,091 people. The last name Tamawi is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Tamawi live; 87 percent live in North Africa and 87 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Tamawi is also the 772,378th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 143 people.

The surname Tamawi is most widespread in Egypt, where it is carried by 702 people, or 1 in 130,963. Aside from Egypt this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 8 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tamaiwi927/
Tammawi923/
Tamawis922/
Tammawai862/
Thamawit862/
Tamabi83565/
Tamawy83156/
Tamawa83110/
Tamavi8336/
Tamewi8330/
Tamawe8316/
Tomawi832/
Temawi831/
Thammawai809/
Thamawuit802/
Tamasui77157/
Tahmawy77153/
Tameawa7722/
Tamaiva7715/
Tahmabi7713/
Tamabai7713/
Tamaweu7712/
Tammawa7712/
Tamaewe776/
Tamaiwe773/
Tamowui771/
Tamhawa771/
Temawai771/
Tomawei771/
Tamewie771/
Tamowei771/
Thammawuit751/
Tamabhai71246/
Thammawa711/
Tammabai711/
Taumowei711/
Tomaawis711/
Toumawai711/
Tamave67200/
Temawy67122/
Tamewe67105/
Tomawa67102/
Temawe6735/
Thammawet6713/
Tamabe6712/
Tamava6711/
Temavi677/
Thammawej676/
Thammavai672/
Tomawe672/
Taimouvai671/
Thamawech671/
Tomaszswi671/
Thammavit671/
Thammaway671/
Thammawed671/
Tammavhai671/

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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 Tamawi
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