Zawaw Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Zawaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zawaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia661:446,88222,856
Indonesia451:2,938,871165,726
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737

Zawaw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Zawaw is found in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Zawaw click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zawaw? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,727,723rd most common surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Zawaw live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The last name Zawaw is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 446,882. In Malaysia it is most common in: Kelantan, where 30 percent reside, Terengganu, where 18 percent reside and Selangor, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Malaysia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 40 percent reside and Egypt, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zawawe9118/
Zawawh911/
Zaiwaw911/
Zauwawe836/
Jawaw803/
Zawow802/
Zawaf801/
Sawaw801/
Saiwaw7364/
Zawaab7319/
Zawaib738/
Saywaw736/
Sawaaw731/
Jawaiw731/
Siawaw731/
Shawaw731/
Sawauw731/
Sawasw731/
Tjawawe671/
Saawuaw671/
Shawhaw670/

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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 Zawaw
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