Tantawi Surname

18,645th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29,568 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Tantawi Surname User-submission:

Tantawy relates to highness and high altitude in Arabic.

Tantawi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt24,9251:3,688503
Saudi Arabia3,3791:9,1321,280
Indonesia3431:385,56632,887
Morocco2731:126,28622,036
Kuwait1641:23,1753,064
Palestine1561:29,1593,948
United Arab Emirates841:109,0759,578
Lebanon531:106,3606,164
United States521:6,970,364322,914
Iraq261:1,346,98715,017
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Jordan141:631,60313,893
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Qatar91:262,00030,726
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
France31:22,140,907385,998
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
England11:55,718,059489,080
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Tantawi (1,812) may also be a first name.

Tantawi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Tantawy relates to highness and high altitude in Arabic.

- kamal.tantawy

Tantawi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tantawi (Arabic: الطنطاوي) is found most in Egypt. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tantawi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tantawi is the 18,645th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 246,467 people. The surname Tantawi is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Tantawi live; 85 percent live in North Africa and 84 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Tantawi is also the 179,394th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world It is held by 1,812 people.

It is most widely held in Egypt, where it is borne by 24,925 people, or 1 in 3,688. Without taking into account Egypt Tantawi occurs in 30 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 11 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.

Tantawi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Tantawi last name is primarily Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Tantawi surname are 8.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.56% being registered with the party.

The amount Tantawi earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 21.71% more than the national average, earning $52,515 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.62% less than the national average, earning $39,936 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tantawi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tantawi in the Arabic language
الطنطاويaltntawy-
طنطاويtntawy-

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