Aliow Surname

75,785th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,474 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Aliow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aliow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya5,4921:8,4091,097
Somalia9801:13,727902
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Aliow (2,926) may also be a first name.

Aliow Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Aliow Come From? nationality or country of origin

Aliow (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻠﻴﻮ) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Aliow? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 75,785th most widespread family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,125,664 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Aliow live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Aliow is also the 134,179th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 2,926 people.

The last name Aliow is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 5,492 people, or 1 in 8,409. In Kenya Aliow is primarily concentrated in: Mandera County, where 86 percent are found, Marsabit County, where 9 percent are found and Isiolo County, where 2 percent are found. Barring Kenya this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Somalia, where 15 percent are found and Djibouti, where 0 percent are found.

Aliow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Aliow last name is chiefly Muslim (95%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aliowe9124/
Alliow913/
Alow893,166/
Alliowe8398/
Galliow830/
Alowa801,010/
Aliov80552/
Alouw80234/
Allow80200/
Halow80130/
Alowe80123/
Aliof8088/
Aliaw8015/
Aulow8015/
Ahlow8012/
Aylow807/
Aloow807/
Alhow806/
Eliow803/
Aliob802/
Alowh802/
Aluow801/
Algow801/
Aalow801/
Hallow73272/
Aliova73231/
Halowa73157/
Haslow73103/
Allouw7379/
Haylow7370/
Aliawe7363/
Healow7354/
Galouw7353/
Allowa7337/
Gahlow7327/
Allowh7318/
Allowe7310/
Halowe739/
Hailow737/
Gajlow736/
Alioff736/
Hatlow734/
Alowsh731/
Galiov731/
Auhlow731/
Aaloow731/
Allowz731/
Alllow731/
Alliaw731/
Aloïwe731/
Alouwe731/
Ahliob731/
Ailowa731/
Galowh731/
Aslowt731/
Allows731/
Alloww730/
Auslow730/
Elliow730/
Easlow730/
Olow6710,773/
Alob672,416/
Alov67599/
Alaw67544/
Alof67138/
Elow67112/
Gallouw6744/
Galiova675/
Hallowe674/
Haliova674/
Alloïwe671/
Ahalowa671/
Hallowa671/
Hauslow670/

Aliow Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Aliow in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻋﻠﻴﻮlyw-

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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 Aliow
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