Al Alawi Surname

85,760th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,622 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bahrain
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Al Alawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Alawi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bahrain2,3951:56349
Oman1,4061:2,623390
Saudi Arabia9541:32,3444,580
Jordan2291:38,6134,388
Thailand1841:383,90467,401
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
United Arab Emirates1041:88,0997,940
Kuwait771:49,3605,585
Syria491:393,8984,865
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
Lebanon81:704,63514,756
Iran71:10,968,932186,522
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England31:18,572,686338,250
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
France21:33,211,361423,184
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Al Alawi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Al Alawi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Al Alawi occurs most in Bahrain. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Alawi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 85,760th most frequently used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,296,255 people. The surname Al Alawi is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Al Alawi live; 93 percent live in West Asia and 88 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

The surname is most commonly held in Bahrain, where it is carried by 2,395 people, or 1 in 563. Not including Bahrain this last name exists in 30 countries. It is also found in Oman, where 25 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 17 percent are found.

Al Alawi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Al Alawi
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