Alwa Surname
Approximately 8,973 people bear this surname
Alwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 3,540 | 1:1,592 | 304 |
| Yemen | 2,326 | 1:11,361 | 1,369 |
| Jordan | 984 | 1:8,986 | 1,687 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Niger | 248 | 1:77,387 | 3,394 |
| Syria | 246 | 1:78,459 | 3,158 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Mauritania | 227 | 1:18,039 | 1,661 |
| United Arab Emirates | 192 | 1:47,720 | 4,846 |
| Iraq | 173 | 1:202,437 | 4,691 |
| India | 148 | 1:5,182,874 | 128,264 |
| Nigeria | 68 | 1:2,605,041 | 84,856 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Indonesia | 50 | 1:2,644,984 | 153,918 |
| Palestine | 32 | 1:142,152 | 8,076 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Alwa (5,684) may also be a first name.
Alwa Demographics
Average Alwa Salary in
United States
$29,906 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Alwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alwa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻠﻮ) has its highest incidence in Lebanon. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alwa? popularity and diffusion
Alwa is the 56,510th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 812,164 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Alwa reside; 87 percent reside in West Asia and 55 percent reside in Levant. Alwa is also the 88,684th most numerous given name globally, borne by 5,684 people.
Alwa is most widely held in Lebanon, where it is carried by 3,540 people, or 1 in 1,592. In Lebanon it is most common in: Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, where 89 percent live, Beqaa Governorate, where 3 percent live and Nabatiye Governorate, where 2 percent live. Aside from Lebanon this last name is found in 37 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 26 percent live and Jordan, where 11 percent live.
Alwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Shiite (99%) in Lebanon.
Alwa earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.69% less than the national average, earning $29,906 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alwa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻠﻮ | lw | 49.46 |
| ﻋﻠﻮﻩ | lwh | 33.33 |
| ﻋﻠﻮﺍ | lwa | 10.75 |
| ﻋﻠﻮﺓ | lwt | 4.3 |
| ﻋﻠﻮﻯ | lwy | 1.08 |
| ﻋﺎﻟﻮ | alw | 1.08 |
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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 Alwa
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