Alwan
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic عَلْوَان (ʕalwān).
Proper noun
editAlwan (plural Alwans)
- A surname from Arabic.
Statistics
edit- 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
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Alwan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 31.