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 last name Alawei occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alawei? popularity and diffusion
Alawei is the 891,661st most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 24,211,116 people. The last name Alawei occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Alawei live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alawei is also the 1,032,266th most common first name world-wide, held by 86 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 295 people, or 1 in 600,484. In Nigeria Alawei is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 94 percent are found, Rivers, where 3 percent are found and Lagos, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found.
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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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