Zahlawi Surname

1,369,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Zahlawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zahlawi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel641:133,71314,383
Syria531:364,1704,757
Lebanon291:194,3828,317
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Zahlawi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Zahlawi is held by more people in Israel than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zahlawi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,369,340th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Zahlawi live; 91 percent live in West Asia and 52 percent live in Levant.

Zahlawi is most widely held in Israel, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 133,713. In Israel Zahlawi is most common in: Haifa District, where 88 percent are found, Northern District, where 11 percent are found and Central District, where 2 percent are found. Beside Israel it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Syria, where 33 percent are found and Lebanon, where 18 percent are found.

Zahlawi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Zahlawi surname is primarily Melkite Greek Catholic (87%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zalawi9212/
Tzahalawi882/
Zehlawi869/
Zahlavi865/
Zailawi861/
Zahlawy861/
Zahlaway8014/
Chahlawi807/
Zalavi7786/
Zalawy771/
Zalawe771/
Zahlevi717/
Zelhawi711/
Chahlavi6710/
Czealawa671/
Chalawih671/
Cahlaway671/

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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 Zahlawi
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