Alwi Surname
Approximately 30,656 people bear this surname
Alwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 20,239 | 1:6,534 | 848 |
| Malaysia | 4,251 | 1:6,938 | 863 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4,015 | 1:7,685 | 1,079 |
| Pakistan | 760 | 1:235,058 | 5,424 |
| Kenya | 382 | 1:120,890 | 10,105 |
| United Arab Emirates | 201 | 1:45,583 | 4,611 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Qatar | 125 | 1:18,864 | 2,013 |
| India | 113 | 1:6,788,189 | 152,128 |
| Singapore | 94 | 1:58,593 | 2,307 |
| Tanzania | 87 | 1:608,524 | 37,695 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| United States | 39 | 1:9,293,819 | 392,288 |
| Uganda | 37 | 1:1,055,116 | 44,846 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Oman | 7 | 1:526,853 | 5,771 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
Alwi (31,216) may also be a first name.
Alwi Demographics
Average Alwi Salary in
United States
$47,781 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Alwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alwi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻠﻮﻯ, Hindi: अलवी) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alwi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 18,011th most widespread surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 237,720 people. The surname Alwi occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Alwi are found; 79 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 79 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 27,052nd most widely held first name in the world It is held by 31,216 people.
The surname Alwi is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 20,239 people, or 1 in 6,534. In Indonesia it is most common in: East Java, where 21 percent live, West Java, where 13 percent live and South Sulawesi, where 13 percent live. Apart from Indonesia Alwi exists in 42 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 14 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 13 percent live.
Alwi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Alwi last name is principally Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Alwi surname are 10.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.64% registered to vote for the political party.
Alwi earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.73% more than the national average, earning $47,781 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alwi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alwi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻠﻮﻯ | lwy | - |
| Alwi in the Hindi language | ||
| अलवी | alavi | 56.52 |
| अल्वी | alvi | 43.48 |
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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 Alwi
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