Elwi Surname

192,879th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,182 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Elwi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elwi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1,5861:57,9675,513
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Indonesia1361:972,42171,642
Uganda631:619,67132,575
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Pakistan161:11,165,24351,703
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Iran41:19,195,631219,601
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Elwi (631) may also be a first name.

Elwi Last Name Facts

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

Elwi occurs in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Elwi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elwi? popularity and diffusion

Elwi is the 192,879th most widespread surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 3,339,847 people. The last name Elwi is predominantly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Elwi are found; 73 percent are found in North Africa and 73 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 331,447th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 631 people.

The surname Elwi is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is held by 1,586 people, or 1 in 57,967. Not including Egypt it is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 13 percent live and Indonesia, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elwai8961/
Elwii8951/
Elwie8932/
Helwi8924/
Ellwi892/
Elwei891/
Elwitt807/
Helwie802/
Helwih802/
Helwai801/
Elwisz801/
Elwoit801/
Helwiy801/
Eilwis800/
Alwi7530,656/
Elwy756,782/
Elvi751,192/
Elwa751,026/
Elbi75952/
Elui75527/
Olwi75295/
Elwe75126/
Ilwi7556/
Jlwi754/
Elwaidh7314/
Elwheid734/
Hellwis731/
Hellwit731/
Ellwoid730/
Elvis6711,742/
Helwa677,700/
Helvi676,159/
Elweu671,114/
Aalwi67575/
Hellwich67515/
Alwie67430/
Alwai67385/
Elway67371/
Elvie67224/
Elbih67162/
Ellui67142/
Olwii67141/
Halwi67128/
Alwih6778/
Helwe6759/
Hilwi6758/
Eluis6758/
Elvit6746/
Helbi6728/
Elvio6725/
Elviz6725/
Allwi6724/
Alwei6722/
Olwai6722/
Elwaa6719/
Alwii6718/
Alwiy6717/
Helui6716/
Ellwe6715/
Aelui6714/
Elwee6713/
Elvih6713/
Elwey6713/
Eluid6711/
Elbai678/
Gelvi678/
Elbei676/
Elwér676/
Elhbi675/
Gelui675/
Ehlwa675/
Elvhi674/
Elhwa674/
Elhwiehy674/
Elwyy674/
Aelwy674/
Elwez673/
Elvui673/
Ailwi673/
Elhui673/
Ilwai673/
Elvid672/
Alwui672/
Ellvi672/
Alwoi672/
Ellwa672/
Heilweit671/
Eelvi671/
Elvai671/
Elviy671/
Eylbi671/
Helwé671/
Olwei671/
Olwiy671/
Eluhi671/
Elvei671/
Eilvi671/
Elboi671/
Oelwe671/
A'Lwi671/
Ealwa671/
Ejlbi671/
Elvip671/
Elbhi671/
Alwij671/
Heilwich670/

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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 Elwi
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