Kalawi Surname
Approximately 583 people bear this surname
Kalawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 367 | 1:52,591 | 2,689 |
| Iraq | 105 | 1:333,540 | 6,405 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Kalawi (33) may also be a first name.
Kalawi Demographics
Kalawi Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Kalawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kalawi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﻼﻭﻱ) is more frequently found in Syria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalawi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 548,408th most common surname on earth, held by around 1 in 12,500,079 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Kalawi are found; 84 percent are found in West Asia and 82 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently held forename at a global level, held by 33 people.
The surname Kalawi is most prevalent in Syria, where it is held by 367 people, or 1 in 52,591. In Syria Kalawi is most common in: Aleppo Governorate, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Syria Kalawi occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 18 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found.
Kalawi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kalawi surname is predominantly Sunni (67%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalawi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalawi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﻼﻭﻱ | qlawy | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﻘﻼﻭﻱ | alqlawy | 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
- 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 Kalawi
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