Elawa Surname
Approximately 1,986 people bear this surname
Elawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1,586 | 1:57,967 | 5,513 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Iran | 34 | 1:2,258,310 | 76,749 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Elawa (29) may also be a first name.
Elawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Elawa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻼﻭﻩ, Hindi: ेलवा) is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Elawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 208,282nd most commonly used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,669,459 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Elawa live; 80 percent live in North Africa and 80 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequently occurring given name in the world It is held by 29 people.
The last name is most widespread in Egypt, where it is carried by 1,586 people, or 1 in 57,967. Barring Egypt Elawa exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 14 percent are found and Iran, where 2 percent are found.
Elawa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Elawa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Elawa last name expanded 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Elawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elawa in the Hindi language | ||
| ेलवा | elava | - |
| Elawa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻋﻼﻭﻩ | alawh | 50 |
| ﺃﻋﻼﻭ | alaw | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Elawa
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