Alaweye Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Alaweye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Alaweye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alaweye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alaweye is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Alaweye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alaweye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,427,875th most frequently held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Alaweye live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria Alaweye is mostly concentrated in: Kwara, where 33 percent are found, Lagos, where 33 percent are found and Oyo, where 28 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Lebanon, where 5 percent are found and Niger, where 5 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 Alaweye
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