Alawei Surname
Approximately 301 people bear this surname
Alawei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 295 | 1:600,484 | 28,761 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Alawei (86) may also be a first name.
Alawei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alawei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alawei is most common in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Alawei.
How Common Is The Last Name Alawei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Alawei is the 891,661st most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 24,211,116 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Alawei reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alawei is also the 1,032,266th most commonly held given name world-wide It is held by 86 people.
The last name Alawei is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 295 people, or 1 in 600,484. In Nigeria Alawei is most common in: Bayelsa, where 94 percent live, Rivers, where 3 percent live and Lagos, where 2 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.
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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 Alawei
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