Silawi Surname
Approximately 534 people bear this surname
Silawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Tanzania | 171 | 1:309,600 | 23,673 |
| United Arab Emirates | 32 | 1:286,321 | 19,784 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Silawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Silawi (Arabic: السيلاوي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﻼﻭﻱ) is found in Saudi Arabia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Silawi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 585,898th most frequently held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 13,647,090 people. The last name Silawi occurs mostly in Asia, where 62 percent of Silawi reside; 60 percent reside in West Asia and 58 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 278 people, or 1 in 110,992. Apart from Saudi Arabia Silawi occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 32 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Silawi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Silawi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﻼﻭﻱ | alslawy | 75 |
| ﺳﻼﻭﻱ | slawy | 25 |
| Silawi in the Arabic language | ||
| السيلاوي | alsylawy | - |
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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 Silawi
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