Tawashi Surname

663,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 452 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Tawashi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tawashi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
Lebanon1151:49,0184,105
Palestine661:68,9225,943
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Yemen61:4,404,21618,907
Syria31:6,433,67416,197
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Panama11:3,912,25817,195

Tawashi (11) may also be a first name.

Tawashi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tawashi (Arabic: الطواشي) is found in Saudi Arabia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tawashi.

How Common Is The Last Name Tawashi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tawashi is the 663,740th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,122,889 people. The surname Tawashi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Tawashi reside; 95 percent reside in West Asia and 55 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. Tawashi is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 11 people.

It is most frequently held in Saudi Arabia, where it is held by 239 people, or 1 in 129,104. Besides Saudi Arabia this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Lebanon, where 25 percent live and Palestine, where 15 percent live.

Tawashi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Tawashi surname is principally Sunni (97%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tawashi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tawashi in the Arabic language
الطواشيaltwashy-

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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 Tawashi
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