Last name Шауи (Chaoui 
, Шауи 
) , in the world, is a common cognomen. The family name Шауи is characteristic of Morocco, where it is quite a common surname, Algeria, and Lebanon, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Algeria, Morocco, and France. Very seldom, Шауи is the forename as well as the last name.