de Alwis Surname

15,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35,102 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

de Alwis Surname User-submission:

De Alwis is a Sri Lankan surname derived from the Portuguese Alves.

de Alwis Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka34,1331:61068
Australia4061:66,4927,929
England2151:259,15420,728
Canada761:484,81041,569
New Zealand671:67,58710,255
United States641:5,663,421279,165
Malaysia451:655,42731,286
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Oman121:307,3314,704
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
France11:66,422,722504,397
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
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de Alwis Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

De Alwis is a Sri Lankan surname derived from the Portuguese Alves.

- albanopirino
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de Alwis Demographics

Average de Alwis Salary in
United States

$71,696 USD

Per year
Rank:
96,759 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
5.88466E-6
Rank: 587,736 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
166.15%
Sample size: 7 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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de Alwis Last Name Facts

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

de Alwis occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of de Alwis click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Alwis? popularity and diffusion

The surname de Alwis is the 15,885th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 207,611 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of de Alwis reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 34,133 people, or 1 in 610. Outside of Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 36 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

de Alwis Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Alwis earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 66.16% more than the national average, earning $71,696 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.27% more than the national average, earning $53,794 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Alvis88313/
De-Alwis8822/
de Aluis882/
de Albis882/
de Galvis829/
de Albeis821/
de Alves75482/
de Albiz755/
de Alviz753/
de Albes752/
de Galviz711/
de Galves711/
da Alves6323/
di Alves634/
de Alvez631/
de Galvez59122/
da Alvez501/
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