Alwan Surname
Approximately 337,369 people bear this surname
Alwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 266,973 | 1:131 | 22 |
| Yemen | 37,594 | 1:703 | 97 |
| Egypt | 8,664 | 1:10,611 | 1,272 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4,492 | 1:6,869 | 956 |
| Palestine | 2,642 | 1:1,722 | 337 |
| Sudan | 2,520 | 1:14,885 | 2,042 |
| Syria | 2,274 | 1:8,488 | 818 |
| Lebanon | 2,231 | 1:2,527 | 477 |
| Indonesia | 1,937 | 1:68,275 | 7,367 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,792 | 1:5,113 | 640 |
| Jordan | 1,322 | 1:6,689 | 1,314 |
| Iran | 1,158 | 1:66,306 | 6,986 |
| United States | 628 | 1:577,164 | 47,275 |
| Israel | 544 | 1:15,731 | 2,358 |
| Kuwait | 501 | 1:7,586 | 1,062 |
| Bahrain | 397 | 1:3,397 | 571 |
| Djibouti | 250 | 1:3,660 | 313 |
| Sweden | 222 | 1:44,355 | 3,494 |
| England | 147 | 1:379,034 | 26,619 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Canada | 113 | 1:326,067 | 29,799 |
| Denmark | 91 | 1:62,030 | 6,253 |
| Afghanistan | 70 | 1:459,331 | 6,045 |
| Australia | 55 | 1:490,831 | 37,357 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Brazil | 43 | 1:4,978,473 | 128,213 |
| Qatar | 41 | 1:57,512 | 5,907 |
| India | 39 | 1:19,668,343 | 291,059 |
| Tunisia | 37 | 1:16,503 | 2,651 |
| Malaysia | 34 | 1:867,477 | 39,690 |
| Philippines | 33 | 1:3,067,825 | 142,207 |
| Germany | 32 | 1:2,515,796 | 126,826 |
| Venezuela | 32 | 1:943,877 | 14,561 |
| Poland | 21 | 1:1,809,940 | 93,678 |
| Thailand | 21 | 1:3,363,731 | 310,277 |
| Wales | 20 | 1:154,727 | 10,755 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Alwan (19,247) may also be a first name.
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Alwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alwan (Arabic: العلوان, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻠﻮﺍﻥ, Marathi: आलवान) is borne by more people in Iraq than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Alwan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Alwan is the 1,616th most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 21,601 people. The last name Alwan is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Alwan reside; 95 percent reside in West Asia and 82 percent reside in Levant. Alwan is also the 38,937th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 19,247 people.
The last name is most numerous in Iraq, where it is borne by 266,973 people, or 1 in 131. Excluding Iraq this surname occurs in 75 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 11 percent live and Egypt, where 3 percent live.
Alwan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Alwan last name is chiefly Sunni (58%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Alwan last name are 27% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.77% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Alwan earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 20.34% less than the national average, earning R 189,312 per year; in United States they earn 4.75% more than the national average, earning $45,197 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.35% more than the national average, earning $58,802 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alwan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alwan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻠﻮﺍﻥ | lwan | - |
| Alwan in the Marathi language | ||
| आलवान | alavana | 57.14 |
| अलवान | alavana | 28.57 |
| अलवण | alavana | 14.29 |
| Alwan in the Arabic language | ||
| العلوان | allwan | - |
| الوان | alwan | - |
| علوان | lwan | - |
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- 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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