Wawy Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Wawy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wawy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Wawy (23) may also be a first name.

Wawy Last Name Facts

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

Wawy (Arabic: واوى) is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wawy click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wawy? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Wawy reside; 90 percent reside in North Africa and 90 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Wawy is also the 2,239,265th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, held by 23 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 10,215,084. Other than Egypt it exists in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waway8953/
Wawey8949/
Wawyo8915/
Waawy891/
Wayway80169/
Wasway8015/
Waaway8010/
Wawa7518,450/
Wawi752,594/
Wawe751,754/
Wavy7532/
Uawy752/
Wewy751/
Wowy751/
Wahwaya738/
Waiwa6720,222/
Wavey671,735/
Wauwe67410/
Wahwi67123/
Wawai67106/
Wawge6799/
Wauwa6790/
Wawei6768/
Waiwi6755/
Wawee6752/
Waiwe6740/
Wawie6737/
Waawa6723/
Waweh6717/
Wewey6717/
Wawoi6714/
Baiwy6713/
Wowhy6712/
Whaby6710/
Vaway6710/
Wawaa676/
Wawih676/
Wauwi676/
Waywa675/
Wauby674/
Wawii673/
Wawea673/
Bawyi673/
Wayue672/
Whawe672/
Baawy672/
Weaby672/
Waawe672/
Waewe672/
Wajwa672/
Wabiy672/
Wayui672/
Bawoy672/
Waweu672/
Bawyh671/
Wawwa671/
Ueway671/
Weewy671/
Hwawi671/
Hwawe671/
Wavyo671/
Waboy671/
Wabuy671/
Wahwe671/
Woway671/
Wawue671/
Waviy671/
Wawhe671/
Wabyi671/
Vawey671/
Bahwy671/
Weway671/
Weavy670/

Wawy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wawy in the Arabic language
واوىwawy-
واويwawy-

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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 Wawy
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