Aluwen Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Aluwen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aluwen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria921:1,925,46568,462
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Aluwen (12) may also be a first name.

Aluwen Last Name Facts

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

Aluwen is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Aluwen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,882,912th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Aluwen reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Aluwen is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 12 people.

The surname Aluwen is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 1,925,465. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ondo, where 78 percent reside and Lagos, where 22 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 3 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Alhuwen921/
Aluwene921/
Alouwene861/
Aluben83140/
Aluwin8316/
Oluwen838/
Aliwen832/
Aluwng831/
Alowen831/
Haluben77181/
Alubeen773/
Alluwyn771/
Aulowen771/
Alluben770/
Alown7315/
Alubn731/
Haluwain71320/
D'Halluweyn713/
Haloween711/
Hallowen711/
Alubin6759/
Aliwin6710/
Allown679/
Alowin677/
Alywin676/
Alubyn675/
D'Haluwin673/
Halloween672/
Oluben672/
Alowyn671/
Halown671/
Eluwin671/
Oliwen671/
Allubn671/

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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
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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 Aluwen
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