Aleiwa Surname
Approximately 487 people bear this surname
Aleiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 483 | 1:8,478 | 911 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
The alternate forms: Aleïwa (6) are calculated separately.
Aleiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aleiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Aleiwa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻮ) is most common in Mauritania. It can be rendered as: Aleïwa. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Aleiwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Aleiwa is the 628,294th most frequent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 14,964,160 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Aleiwa are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
Aleiwa is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 483 people, or 1 in 8,478. In Mauritania Aleiwa is most prevalent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 34 percent live, Trarza Region, where 17 percent live and Brakna Region, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritania Aleiwa is found in one country. It is also common in Egypt, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aleiwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aleiwa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻮ | alyw | 41.48 |
| ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻮﻩ | alywh | 28.98 |
| ﺃﻋﻠﻴﻮﻩ | alywh | 12.5 |
| ﺃﻋﻠﻴﻮ | alyw | 6.25 |
| ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻮﺍ | alywa | 3.41 |
| ﺃﻋﻠﻴﻮﺍ | alywa | 1.14 |
| ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻮﻯ | alywy | 1.14 |
| ﺃﻋﻠﻴﻮﻯ | alywy | 0.57 |
| ﻋﺎﻟﻴﻮﺍ | alywa | 0.57 |
| ﺍﻋﻴﻠﻮﺍ | aylwa | 0.57 |
| ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻮﻱ | alywy | 0.57 |
| ﺍﻋﻠﻮﻱ | alwy | 0.57 |
| ﻋﻠﻴﻮﻩ | lywh | 0.57 |
| ﺍﻋﻠﺒﻮ | albw | 0.57 |
| ﺁﻋﻠﻴﻮ | alyw | 0.57 |
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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 Aleiwa
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