Khalawi Surname
Approximately 9,275 people bear this surname
Khalawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 4,784 | 1:7,321 | 628 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,511 | 1:20,421 | 2,846 |
| Jordan | 1,084 | 1:8,157 | 1,575 |
| Egypt | 641 | 1:143,426 | 11,189 |
| Palestine | 635 | 1:7,164 | 1,529 |
| Syria | 455 | 1:42,420 | 2,421 |
| Yemen | 130 | 1:203,271 | 8,618 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Khalawi (152) may also be a first name.
Khalawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khalawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Khalawi (Arabic: خلاوي) occurs most in Iraq. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Khalawi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 54,855th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 785,719 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Khalawi are found; 93 percent are found in West Asia and 75 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 746,252nd most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 152 people.
The last name is most widespread in Iraq, where it is borne by 4,784 people, or 1 in 7,321. Other than Iraq this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 16 percent live and Jordan, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khalawi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khalawi in the Arabic language | ||
| خلاوي | khlawy | - |
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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 Khalawi
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