Alwan
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عَلْوَان (ʕalwān).
Proper noun
Alwan (plural Alwans)
- A surname from Arabic.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Alwan is the 36154th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 620 individuals. Alwan is most common among White (79.03%) and Mixed Race (10.48%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Alwan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 31.