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 last name Silawi (Arabic: السيلاوي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﻼﻭﻱ) is held by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Silawi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Silawi? popularity and diffusion
Silawi is the 585,898th most widely held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 13,647,090 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 62 percent of Silawi reside; 60 percent reside in West Asia and 58 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.
This surname is most commonly held in Saudi Arabia, where it is borne by 278 people, or 1 in 110,992. Barring Saudi Arabia this last name exists in 18 countries. It also occurs 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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