Anwa
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Anwa is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country, where it is the 29th most common given name.
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 642as Anwar(inferred from the name graph)
- KWKuwait≈1 in 676as Anwar
- SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 1.3Kas Anwar
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Anwa itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 327 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 642 (inferred from the name graph)
≈250,000 named Anwar, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Bangladesh, est., as Anwar
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Anwar in PK Pakistan, US United States, SA Saudi Arabia and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Anwa counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD Bangladesh | #29 | ≈250,000 est. | ≈1 in 642 | listed | Anwar | 114 |
| PK Pakistan | #70 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | — | Anwar | 136 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #62 | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Anwar | 124 |
| MA Morocco | #222 | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Anwar | 65 |
| EG Egypt | #753 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.7K | — | Anwar | 142 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #74 | ≈7,900 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Anwar | 122 |
| US United States | — | 4,874as Anwar | 1 in 68K | 4.2K | Anwar | 327 |
| KW Kuwait | #52 | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 676 | — | Anwar | 97 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Anwa is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In kab, who (interrogative)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Akan, cooking oil
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Anwa have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 253 thousand people named Anwar in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Anwa?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,874 people named Anwar in 2020, about 1 in 68 thousand residents.
- How common is Anwa compared with other names?
- In Bangladesh, Anwa is the 29th most common given name of 29,323 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Anwa?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/anwaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Anwa” — the 29th most common given name in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.