Alewi Surname
Approximately 5,715 people bear this surname
Alewi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4,346 | 1:22,445 | 2,857 |
| Nigeria | 1,295 | 1:136,790 | 8,827 |
| Uganda | 26 | 1:1,501,511 | 54,973 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Alewi (3,158) may also be a first name.
Alewi Demographics
Alewi Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Alewi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alewi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alewi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻌﻠﻮﻱ) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Alewi.
How Common Is The Last Name Alewi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 84,537th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,275,161 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Alewi reside; 77 percent reside in East Africa and 76 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Alewi is also the 127,981st most commonly occurring forename world-wide, borne by 3,158 people.
The last name Alewi is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 4,346 people, or 1 in 22,445. Besides Ethiopia it is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 23 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
Alewi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (97%) in Nigeria.
Alewi earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 70.26% less than the national average, earning $12,833 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alewi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alewi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻌﻠﻮﻱ | allwy | 75 |
| ﻋﻠﻮﻯ | lwy | 25 |
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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 Alewi
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