Alwe Surname
Approximately 274 people bear this surname
Alwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 142 | 1:5,401,869 | 131,616 |
| Malaysia | 49 | 1:601,923 | 29,168 |
| Pakistan | 19 | 1:9,402,310 | 46,838 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Alwe (49) may also be a first name.
Alwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alwe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻠﻮ) has its highest incidence in India. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 953,750th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,596,883 people. The last name Alwe occurs predominantly in Asia, where 82 percent of Alwe live; 59 percent live in South Asia and 51 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,430,306th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 49 people.
The surname is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 5,401,869. In India it is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 89 percent reside and Goa, where 1 percent reside. Excluding India it occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 18 percent reside and Pakistan, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alwe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alwe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻠﻮ | lw | 92.31 |
| ﻋﻠﻮﻩ | lwh | 7.69 |
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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 Alwe
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