Selawi Surname
Approximately 592 people bear this surname
Selawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 250 | 1:35,370 | 4,172 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Mauritania | 70 | 1:58,498 | 4,137 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Selawi (224) may also be a first name.
Selawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Selawi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﻼﻭﻱ) is carried by more people in Jordan than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Selawi.
How Common Is The Last Name Selawi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Selawi is the 542,091st most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 12,310,044 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 87 percent of Selawi live; 84 percent live in West Asia and 43 percent live in Levant. It is also the 601,629th most frequent given name at a global level. It is borne by 224 people.
It is most common in Jordan, where it is carried by 250 people, or 1 in 35,370. In Jordan Selawi is most prevalent in: Irbid Governorate, where 74 percent are found, Amman Governorate, where 17 percent are found and Zarqa Governorate, where 7 percent are found. Barring Jordan this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 40 percent are found and Mauritania, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Selawi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Selawi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﻼﻭﻱ | alslawy | 92 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻼﻭﻯ | alslawy | 8 |
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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 Selawi
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