Alawiya Surname
Approximately 1,076 people bear this surname
Alawiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 799 | 1:126,706 | 21,711 |
| Indonesia | 197 | 1:671,316 | 52,436 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Palestine | 14 | 1:324,918 | 11,054 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Alawiya (3,004) may also be a first name.
Alawiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alawiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alawiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻠﻮﻳﻪ) is found most in The Philippines. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alawiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 341,330th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,772,812 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Alawiya live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 79 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 132,043rd most widely held given name world-wide, held by 3,004 people.
Alawiya is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is held by 799 people, or 1 in 126,706. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 82 percent live, Northern Mindanao, where 10 percent live and Central Luzon, where 2 percent live. Excluding The Philippines it is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 18 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alawiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alawiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻠﻮﻳﻪ | lwyh | - |
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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 Alawiya
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