Al Shawi Surname
Approximately 11,113 people bear this surname
Al Shawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 8,612 | 1:3,068 | 469 |
| Syria | 1,038 | 1:18,594 | 1,388 |
| Palestine | 410 | 1:11,095 | 2,149 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Kuwait | 260 | 1:14,618 | 1,974 |
| United Arab Emirates | 148 | 1:61,907 | 5,910 |
| Iraq | 126 | 1:277,950 | 5,710 |
| Lebanon | 71 | 1:79,396 | 5,337 |
| Jordan | 61 | 1:144,958 | 8,330 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Al Shawi Demographics
Al Shawi Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Al Shawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Shawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Al Shawi is held by more people in Yemen than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Shawi? popularity and diffusion
Al Shawi is the 46,646th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 655,768 people. The last name Al Shawi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Shawi reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 84 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.
Al Shawi is most frequently used in Yemen, where it is carried by 8,612 people, or 1 in 3,068. In Yemen it is mostly found in: Al Mahwit Governorate, where 26 percent reside, Sa'dah Governorate, where 23 percent reside and 'Amran Governorate, where 12 percent reside. Beside Yemen Al Shawi is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Syria, where 9 percent reside and Palestine, where 4 percent reside.
Al Shawi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Al Shawi last name is predominantly Shiite (46%) in Lebanon.
Al Shawi earn significantly more than the average income. In Norway they earn 31.97% more than the national average, earning 456,734 kr per year.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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
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