Alawfi Surname
Approximately 968 people bear this surname
Alawfi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 954 | 1:32,344 | 4,580 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Alawfi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alawfi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alawfi is borne by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alawfi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 370,969th most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 7,528,457 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Alawfi reside; 99 percent reside in West Asia and 99 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 954 people, or 1 in 32,344. Not including Saudi Arabia this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Oman, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 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 Alawfi
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