Alawami Surname

55,602nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Libya

Alawami Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alawami Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saudi Arabia5,0481:6,112847
Libya3,8321:1,629473
Bahrain1181:11,4292,102
United States671:5,409,835270,257
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
England81:6,964,757184,742
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Alawami Last Name Facts

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

The surname Alawami is held by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Alawami? popularity and diffusion

Alawami is the 55,602nd most widely held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 798,110 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 57 percent of Alawami are found; 57 percent are found in West Asia and 57 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.

The last name is most numerous in Saudi Arabia, where it is borne by 5,048 people, or 1 in 6,112. Apart from Saudi Arabia this last name is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Libya, where 42 percent live and Bahrain, where 1 percent live.

Alawami Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Alawami surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Alawami earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 31.88% less than the national average, earning $29,391 USD 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Alawami
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