Nalawi Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Nalawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nalawi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nalawi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nalawi is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nalawi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nalawi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nalawi is the 6,723,624th most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Nalawi is mostly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Nalawi live; 38 percent live in Southeast Asia and 38 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The last name is most commonly used in Malaysia, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 9,831,408. In Malaysia Nalawi is primarily found in: Penang, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Malaysia it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 13 percent live and The Netherlands, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nahlawi92446/
Naalawi9266/
Najlawi921/
Ngalawai861/
Nalawa8375/
Nalavi8351/
Nalabi838/
Nolawi834/
Nalewi831/
Nehlawi77341/
Nahlawy77244/
Nalabai77111/
Nalobai7771/
Naalawy7758/
Naliabi7734/
Naslowi7722/
Najlawy7717/
Nailawa779/
Ngalawe775/
Nalavai774/
Nalavid774/
Naulabi771/
Nalyawa771/
Nalabhi771/
Nalabyi771/
Nalaviy771/
Nalawey771/
Nallabi771/
Nallavi771/
Nallabai71157/
Nalabhai71130/
Nallaboi715/
Nauliawa713/
Nalabaai713/
Nallavyi713/
Nalawaja712/
Nallavai711/
Nalaivay711/
Ngallawe711/
Nalobi67130/
Nalabe67128/
Nalava6740/
Nalave6718/
Nolavi6716/
Nallabhai6714/
Nalowe6713/
Nelavi673/
Nalewe672/
Nolabi672/
Nalevi671/
Nallabaih671/
Nalovi671/
Nolawa671/

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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 Nalawi
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