Alawai Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Alawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Islands | 18 | 1:32,224 | 6,317 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Alawaï (2) are calculated separately.
Alawai (20) may also be a first name.
Alawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alawai occurs in The Solomon Islands more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Alawaï. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alawai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,979,664th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. Alawai is primarily found in Oceania, where 56 percent of Alawai reside; 56 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 42 percent reside in Solomonic Oceania. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 20 people.
The last name is most widely held in The Solomon Islands, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 32,224. In The Solomon Islands Alawai is mostly found in: Malaita Province, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account The Solomon Islands this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 26 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Alawai
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