Anwari

given name · Latin script

Meaning: of light; shining

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɑnwɑɹi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Anwari is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 1.4M(inferred from the name graph)
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 257K
  • KWKuwait≈1 in 269K

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,000 people, est.

Sources
97 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 257K (inferred from the name graph)

Indonesia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

of light; shining.

Sources 1

  • Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman

Where in the world(measured from records)

Anwari 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.

Where Anwari is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ID Indonesia—≈1,000 est.≈1 in 257KlistedAnwari97
PK Pakistan#783≈170 est.≈1 in 1.4MlistedAnwari16
MY Malaysia—≈92 est.≈1 in 356K—Anwari16
US United States—≈35 est.≈1 in 9.4M359Anwari20
MA Morocco—≈29 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Anwari7
KW Kuwait—≈11 est.≈1 in 269K—Anwari4
SE Sweden—≈10 est.≈1 in 1M219—6
QA Qatar—≈6 est.≈1 in 422K—Anwari6

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 — Surname Frequency 2020; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Anwari is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, Malaysia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Añwárï, Åňwāřï, Anwāŕi

  • Pashto given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Afghanistan

    Also written Anwarī

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Anwarī

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalनमस्ते Anwari जी,Hi Anwari, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 26 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Anwari
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020359#60,581
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—219#3,844
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010174#103,181
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000123#127,948
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Anwari mean, and where does it come from?
of light; shining. Recorded by Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman.
How do you pronounce Anwari?
A machine transcription gives /ɑnwɑɹi/ (IPA) for Hindi.
Is Anwari a male or female name?
Anwari is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Anwari have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.0 thousand people named Anwari in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled anwari.
How common is the name Anwari?
Mondonomo estimates about 1,000 people in Indonesia have Anwari as their first given name, about 1 in 257 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
How common is Anwari compared with other names?
In Pakistan, Anwari is the 783rd most common given name of 77,659 given names recorded there.

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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, “Anwari” — the 783rd most common given name in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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