El-Alawa Surname

924,083rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 286 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

El-Alawa Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El-Alawa 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
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

El-Alawa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El-Alawa Come From? nationality or country of origin

El-Alawa has its highest incidence in Ghana. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of El-Alawa.

How Common Is The Last Name El-Alawa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 924,083rd most widely held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 25,480,930 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of El-Alawa are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Barring Ghana El-Alawa is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

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
El-Alawi888/
El-Alawy887/
El Alawa882/
El-Ahlawy824/
El Halawa822/
El Halawah781,235/
El Halawas789/
El Halawat782/
El Ahlaway781/
El Ahlawai781/
El Alawi75326/
El Alawy758/
El-Alabi751/
El Ahlawy716,559/
El Halawe71976/
El-Halaby71625/
El-Halabi71364/
El Halawy7163/
El Allawy713/
El Galawi713/
El Ahlawi711/
El Aliawi711/
El Allawi711/
El Algawi711/
El Halaba711/
El Halabah6751/
El-Hallabi671/
El Halabaa671/
El Alabi635/
El Hallabah634/
El Halaby5929,177/
El Halabi593,521/
El Halabe5921/
El Hallabi56274/
El Halaybeh534/
El Olabi501/
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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 El-Alawa
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