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
Alewe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻮ) has its highest incidence in Benin. It may also be rendered as a variant: Aléwe. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alewe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Alewe is the 1,620,164th most common family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. The last name Alewe 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 common first name throughout the world, held by 16 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 265,015. In Benin Alewe is mostly found in: Donga Department, where 59 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 26 percent are found and Collines Department, where 13 percent are found. Other than Benin this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 22 percent are found and Nigeria, where 15 percent are found.
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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