Alwai Surname
Approximately 385 people bear this surname
Alwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 196 | 1:391,748 | 25,289 |
| Malaysia | 96 | 1:307,232 | 16,754 |
| Uganda | 51 | 1:765,476 | 37,015 |
| Pakistan | 30 | 1:5,954,796 | 35,971 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Alwai (54) may also be a first name.
Alwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alwai has its highest incidence in Iran. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Alwai.
How Common Is The Last Name Alwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 746,827th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 18,928,691 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Alwai reside; 60 percent reside in South Asia and 59 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,350,955th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 54 people.
The surname Alwai is most widely held in Iran, where it is borne by 196 people, or 1 in 391,748. In Iran Alwai is primarily concentrated in: Isfahan Province, where 54 percent reside, Lorestan Province, where 15 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 15 percent reside. Besides Iran Alwai occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 25 percent reside and Uganda, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Alwai
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