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 surname Kalawi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﻼﻭﻱ) is most common in Syria. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalawi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 548,408th most numerous family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 12,500,079 people. The last name 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 widely held first name on earth, borne by 33 people.
The last name Kalawi is most frequent in Syria, where it is carried by 367 people, or 1 in 52,591. In Syria it is most common in: Aleppo Governorate, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Syria this surname is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 18 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent reside.
Kalawi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kalawi last name 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
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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 Kalawi
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