Alewe Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Alewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 39 | 1:265,015 | 22,836 |
| Mauritania | 27 | 1:151,662 | 8,378 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
The alternate forms: Aléwe (5) are calculated separately.
Alewe (16) may also be a first name.
Alewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alewe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻮ) occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Aléwe. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alewe? popularity and diffusion
Alewe is the 1,620,164th most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Alewe are found; 70 percent are found in West Africa and 48 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alewe is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent first name in the world It is held by 16 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Benin, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 265,015. In Benin it is primarily found in: Donga Department, where 59 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 26 percent reside and Collines Department, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin it exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 22 percent reside and Nigeria, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alewe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alewe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻮ | alyw | 55.56 |
| ﻋﻠﻮﻩ | lwh | 16.67 |
| ﺃﻋﻠﻴﻮﻩ | alywh | 11.11 |
| ﺍﻋﻠﻮ | alw | 5.56 |
| ﻋﻠﻮ | lw | 5.56 |
| ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻮﻩ | alywh | 5.56 |
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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 Alewe
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