Alwes Surname

970,883rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 267 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Alwes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alwes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1961:1,849,280120,610
Germany441:1,829,670103,431
Philippines131:7,787,556197,164
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
England11:55,718,059489,080
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Alwes (12) may also be a first name.

Alwes Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Alwes Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Alwes occurs most in The United States. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Alwes? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 970,883rd most frequently held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 27,294,179 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Alwes live; 58 percent live in North America and 58 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 12 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 196 people, or 1 in 1,849,280. In The United States Alwes is most prevalent in: Kentucky, where 10 percent live, Wisconsin, where 9 percent live and Virginia, where 9 percent live. Barring The United States Alwes occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 16 percent live and The Philippines, where 5 percent live.

Alwes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Alwes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Alwes surname grew 2,450 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Alwes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Alwes last name are 9.04% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.81% registered with the party.

Alwes earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.85% less than the national average, earning $41,488 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aulwes91253/
Halwes9173/
Alweis9169/
Allwes9145/
Ahlwes9111/
Alwesh917/
Alwees916/
Alwies913/
Alwese911/
Alweiss8366/
Allweis8321/
Alweesh832/
Allwest832/
Halwees831/
Alwiess831/
Alweish831/
Alves805,178,023/
Alwis8046,564/
Albes801,663/
Elwes80341/
Alues80103/
Olwes8037/
Alwej801/
Alwec801/
Allweiss77127/
Galves735,302/
Alwais733,207/
Elwess73285/
Halbes73227/
Helwes73159/
Halves73137/
Alvies73122/
Allves73106/
Alvees7377/
Alveus7373/
Alvess7364/
Alveis7359/
Aalves7340/
Always7326/
Albess7313/
Aslves738/
Albesh738/
Alwise735/
Alveas735/
Galues733/
Olweus733/
Alwish733/
Alvesd733/
Albeys732/
Ailves732/
Albeas732/
Alwiss732/
Alveds732/
Alvest732/
Alvesz732/
Elwesh731/
Aluese731/
Alwech731/
Alvesh731/
Aalwis731/
Olwets731/
Holwes731/
Alvesc731/
Alvese731/
Halwis731/
Elweas731/
Allues731/
Alvexs731/
Alvets731/
Ealwis731/
Alwice730/
Alveys730/
Allbes730/
Albeesh67359/
Halbeis67103/
Gallues6798/
Galveas6785/
Allways6730/
Aluetse6715/
D'Alves6711/
Alwaise6711/
Haloues676/
D'Alwis675/
Halvets674/
Galvesz673/
Alwaiss672/
Allvest671/
Hollwes671/
Alhweij671/
Holwess671/
Elweiss671/
Alwissh671/
Alverzs671/
Alvesse671/
Alweezh671/
Alhwais671/
Alhwish671/
Allwise670/
Halvest670/

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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 Alwes
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