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
The last name Kalawi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﻼﻭﻱ) is held by more people in Syria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalawi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kalawi is the 548,408th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 12,500,079 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Kalawi reside; 84 percent reside in West Asia and 82 percent reside in Levant. Kalawi is also the 1,807,719th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 33 people.
It is most prevalent in Syria, where it is carried by 367 people, or 1 in 52,591. In Syria Kalawi is most prevalent in: Aleppo Governorate, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Syria it exists 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 devotion of those carrying the Kalawi surname is chiefly 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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