Family name المهداوي (المهداوي 
, Mahdawi 
) , worldwide, is a common cognomen. The family name المهداوي is habitual in Iraq, where it is quite a common surname, Jordan, where it is quite a rare surname, and Morocco. Very seldom, المهداوي is the forename as well as the last name.
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| المهداوي | Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia |
| Mahdawi | Morocco, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Algeria |
| علي المبارك المهداوي Iraqi politician, IQ (b. 1860) |
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| فاضل المهداوي President of the People's Court of Baghdad, IQ (b. 1915) |
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| محمد بن هاشم المهداوي (b. 1905) |
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| وفاء المهداوي IQ (b. 1957) |
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| إبراهيم المهداوي SA |
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