El Alawy Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Alawy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Alawy 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
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Mauritania41:1,023,71625,172

El Alawy Last Name Facts

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

El Alawy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻌﻠﻮﻱ) occurs in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

This surname is the 6,723,624th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. El Alawy is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Alawy reside; 50 percent reside in North Africa and 50 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The last name is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 22,983,938. Besides Egypt this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Mauritania, where 50 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 Ahlawy946,559/
El Halawy9463/
El Allawy943/
El Ahlaway891/
El Alawi88326/
El Alewy8849/
El Elawy8818/
El-Alawy887/
El Alawa882/
El Halaby8229,177/
El Halawe82976/
El Helawy82609/
El-Ahlawy824/
El Galawi823/
El Halawa822/
El Ellawy821/
El Ahlawi821/
El Allawi821/
El Aliawi821/
El Algawi821/
El Hellawy78122/
El Ahlawai781/
El-Alawa75286/
El Alewi7556/
El Elawi7513/
El-Alawi758/
El Alabi755/
El Halaybeh744/
El Hellyawy741/
El Halabi713,521/
El-Halaby71625/
El Halewi71153/
El Halevy7160/
El Halabe7121/
El-Helawy714/
El Hallabi67274/
El Olabi631/
El-Alabi631/
El-Halabi59364/
El Halobi591/
El Allioui56500/
El-Hallabi561/
El Aalioui561/
El Hallioui53341/
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El Alawy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Alawy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻌﻠﻮﻱallwy-

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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 Alawy
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