El Alawi Surname

842,714th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 326 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Alawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Alawi 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
Morocco1701:202,80134,956
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Mauritania221:186,1309,575
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

El Alawi Last Name Facts

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

El Alawi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻌﻠﻮﻱ) occurs most in Morocco. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name El Alawi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 842,714th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 22,354,435 people. The surname El Alawi occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of El Alawi live; 90 percent live in North Africa and 52 percent live in Mahgreb.

This last name is most commonly held in Morocco, where it is carried by 170 people, or 1 in 202,801. Apart from Morocco this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 37 percent reside and Mauritania, where 7 percent reside.

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 Galawi943/
El Ahlawi941/
El Allawi941/
El Aliawi941/
El Algawi941/
El Ahlawai891/
El Alewi8856/
El Elawi8813/
El-Alawi888/
El Alawy888/
El Alabi885/
El Alawa882/
El Ahlawy826,559/
El Halabi823,521/
El Halawe82976/
El Halewi82153/
El Halawy8263/
El Allawy823/
El Halawa822/
El Hallabi78274/
El Ahlaway781/
El-Alawa75286/
El Alewy7549/
El Elawy7518/
El-Alawy757/
El Olabi751/
El-Alabi751/
El Halaby7129,177/
El Helawy71609/
El-Halabi71364/
El Halabe7121/
El-Ahlawy714/
El Ellawy711/
El Halobi711/
El Allioui67500/
El Hellawy67122/
El-Hallabi671/
El Aalioui671/
El Hallioui63341/
El Halaybeh634/
El Hellyawy631/
El-Halaby59625/
El Halevy5960/
El-Helawy594/
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El Alawi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Alawi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻌﻠﻮﻱallwy83.33
ﺍﻟﻌﻠﻮﻯallwy16.67

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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 Alawi
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