Alawa Surname
Approximately 1,994 people bear this surname
Alawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 707 | 1:250,556 | 14,487 |
| Saudi Arabia | 517 | 1:59,682 | 8,852 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| Tanzania | 156 | 1:339,369 | 25,249 |
| Philippines | 71 | 1:1,425,890 | 102,315 |
| India | 62 | 1:12,372,022 | 220,417 |
| United States | 36 | 1:10,068,304 | 413,125 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Algeria | 13 | 1:2,971,658 | 45,332 |
| United Arab Emirates | 13 | 1:704,790 | 25,221 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Syria | 7 | 1:2,757,289 | 11,022 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Alawa (250) may also be a first name.
Alawa Demographics
Average Alawa Salary in
United States
$41,556 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Alawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alawa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻮ, Hindi: आलवा, Marathi: अलावा, Oriya: ଆଲଓା) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Alawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 207,582nd most frequently used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 3,654,737 people. The last name Alawa occurs mostly in Africa, where 59 percent of Alawa are found; 37 percent are found in West Africa and 36 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 563,826th most commonly occurring given name at a global level, held by 250 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 707 people, or 1 in 250,556. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Rivers, where 37 percent are found, Cross River, where 29 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 46 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 26 percent are found and Egypt, where 12 percent are found.
Alawa Last Name Statistics demography
Alawa earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.69% less than the national average, earning $41,556 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alawa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଲଓା | alaoa | - |
| Alawa in the Marathi language | ||
| अलावा | alava | - |
| Alawa in the Hindi language | ||
| आलवा | alava | 57.14 |
| अलावा | alava | 42.86 |
| Alawa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻮ | alyw | 20 |
| ﺃﻋﻼﻭﻩ | alawh | 20 |
| ﺃﻋﻼﻭ | alaw | 20 |
| ﻋﻠﻮﺍ | lwa | 20 |
| ﺍﻋﻼﻭﻩ | alawh | 20 |
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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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- 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 Alawa
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