Alawe Surname
Approximately 1,787 people bear this surname
Alawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 732 | 1:241,998 | 14,038 |
| DR Congo | 356 | 1:207,527 | 20,581 |
| Kenya | 307 | 1:150,423 | 11,954 |
| Benin | 167 | 1:61,890 | 7,616 |
| Philippines | 144 | 1:703,043 | 71,385 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Alawe (231) may also be a first name.
Alawe Demographics
Alawe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Alawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alawe (Marathi: आळवे) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alawe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 227,044th most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,078,089 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Alawe reside; 51 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 590,311th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 231 people.
The surname Alawe is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 732 people, or 1 in 241,998. In Nigeria Alawe is most prevalent in: Osun, where 29 percent are found, Ekiti, where 18 percent are found and Lagos, where 17 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 20 percent are found and Kenya, where 17 percent are found.
Alawe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Alawe last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alawe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alawe in the Marathi language | ||
| आळवे | alave | 66.67 |
| अलावे | alave | 33.33 |
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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 Alawe
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