Alyawi Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iraq
Highest density in:
Jordan

Alyawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alyawi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iraq1471:238,2435,207
Jordan431:205,6389,548
Syria41:4,825,25612,827
Palestine11:4,548,84918,388
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

Alyawi (28) may also be a first name.

Alyawi Last Name Facts

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

Alyawi is borne by more people in Iraq than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Alyawi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Alyawi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,198,640th most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. The last name Alyawi is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Alyawi reside; 99 percent reside in West Asia and 99 percent reside in Levant. Alyawi is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 28 people.

It is most commonly held in Iraq, where it is held by 147 people, or 1 in 238,243. Excluding Iraq this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 22 percent are found and Syria, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aljawi83930/
Alyawe831/
Aljyawy77244/
Aljawai773/
Aljahwi771/
Alayowi771/
Alhiawi771/
Haljawi771/
Aloiyawa7126/
Alhijawi7110/
Aljawiey711/
Alaiyowi711/
Algehawi711/
Aljabi67298/
Aleawe6748/
Aljawa6715/
Alhijjawi675/
Aljowi673/
Aljawe671/
Aljawy671/
Aljavi671/

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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 Alyawi
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