Alewo Surname
Approximately 782 people bear this surname
Alewo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 733 | 1:241,668 | 14,023 |
| Uganda | 37 | 1:1,055,116 | 44,846 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Alewo (594) may also be a first name.
Alewo Demographics
Alewo Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Alewo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alewo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alewo is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alewo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 438,351st most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,319,112 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Alewo live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alewo is also the 343,155th most widespread given name worldwide, held by 594 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 733 people, or 1 in 241,668. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kogi, where 77 percent live, Oyo, where 5 percent live and Lagos, where 4 percent live. Beside Nigeria Alewo exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 5 percent live and Benin, where 1 percent live.
Alewo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (86%) in Nigeria.
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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 Alewo
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