Zawy Surname
Approximately 554 people bear this surname
Zawy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 458 | 1:200,733 | 14,525 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| United Arab Emirates | 28 | 1:327,224 | 22,758 |
| Mauritania | 16 | 1:255,929 | 11,901 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Zawy (26) may also be a first name.
Zawy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zawy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zawy (Arabic: عزوي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺰﺍﻭﻱ) is found in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zawy? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zawy is the 569,728th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 13,154,415 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Zawy live; 84 percent live in North Africa and 83 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most prevalent given name on earth. It is borne by 26 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is held by 458 people, or 1 in 200,733. Apart from Egypt Zawy occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 6 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zawy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zawy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺰﺍﻭﻱ | alzawy | - |
| Zawy in the Arabic language | ||
| عزوي | zwy | - |
| عزوى | zwy | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Zawy
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