Zawaya Surname
Approximately 284 people bear this surname
Zawaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Zawaya (13) may also be a first name.
Zawaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zawaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zawaya (Arabic: زوايا) occurs most in Egypt. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Zawaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zawaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zawaya is the 928,396th most widespread last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 25,660,373 people. Zawaya is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Zawaya live; 86 percent live in North Africa and 86 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Zawaya is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 13 people.
The surname Zawaya is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is borne by 244 people, or 1 in 376,786. Excluding Egypt this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 10 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zawaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zawaya in the Arabic language | ||
| زوايا | zwaya | - |
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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 Zawaya
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