Alwashi Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Alwashi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 89 | 1:1,990,368 | 70,088 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Alwashi (44) may also be a first name.
Alwashi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alwashi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alwashi is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alwashi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Alwashi is the 1,967,751st most frequently held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Alwashi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alwashi is also the 1,525,482nd most frequent first name on earth It is held by 44 people.
The last name Alwashi is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 1,990,368. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Niger, where 51 percent reside, Kaduna, where 47 percent reside and Adamawa, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Kuwait, where 1 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 Alwashi
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