Family name الشلوي (الشلوي 
) , in the world, is quite a common cognomen. The cognomen الشلوي is habitual in Libya, where it is quite a common surname, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, where it is a rare surname. Much less frequently, الشلوي is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| الشلوي | Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt, Libya, Jordan |
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أحمد الصُويدق الشلوي Libyan politician, LY (b. 1918) |
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| عيد بن عواض الشلوي Saudi Arabian military personnel, SA (b. 1950) |
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