Throughout the world, Zaoui (Zaoui 
, الزاوي 
, زاوي ) is quite a rare principally male, but very infrequently girly first name. The first name Zaoui is habitual in Northern Africa, particularly Algeria, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but scarcely female name, Libya, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and Tunisia, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Northern Africa, particularly Algeria, Morocco, and Libya. More prevalently, Zaoui is the last name as well as the forename.