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
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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) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Alwi.
How Common Is The Last Name Alwi? popularity and diffusion
Alwi is the 18,011th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 237,720 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Alwi reside; 79 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 79 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 27,052nd most widely held forename globally It is held by 31,216 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 20,239 people, or 1 in 6,534. In Indonesia Alwi is most common in: East Java, where 21 percent are found, West Java, where 13 percent are found and South Sulawesi, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Indonesia it exists in 42 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 14 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 13 percent are found.
Alwi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Alwi last name are 10.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 63.64% being registered to vote for the 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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