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 surname Alwai occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Alwai is the 746,827th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 18,928,691 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Alwai are found; 60 percent are found in South Asia and 59 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,350,955th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 54 people.
The surname Alwai is most frequently used in Iran, where it is borne by 196 people, or 1 in 391,748. In Iran it is primarily found in: Isfahan Province, where 54 percent reside, Lorestan Province, where 15 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 15 percent reside. Besides Iran it exists 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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