Alowais Surname

318,950th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,173 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

Alowais Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alowais Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saudi Arabia9541:32,3444,580
Thailand1471:480,53384,247
United Arab Emirates461:199,18013,980
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
England11:55,718,059489,080
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Alowais Last Name Facts

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

The last name Alowais is found in Saudi Arabia more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Alowais.

How Common Is The Last Name Alowais? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 318,950th most commonly used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 6,212,742 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Alowais reside; 86 percent reside in West Asia and 86 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

This last name is most prevalent in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 954 people, or 1 in 32,344. Apart from Saudi Arabia Alowais is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 13 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 4 percent are found.

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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
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  • 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 Alowais
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