Abulwa Surname
Approximately 264 people bear this surname
Abulwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 250 | 1:184,720 | 13,886 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Abulwa Demographics
Abulwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Abulwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abulwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abulwa is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abulwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 978,274th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 27,604,341 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Abulwa reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 48 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Abulwa is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 250 people, or 1 in 184,720. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Vihiga County, where 49 percent live, Nairobi County, where 48 percent live and Bungoma County, where 2 percent live. Apart from Kenya this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 5 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
Abulwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abulwah | 92 | 4 | / |
| Abulwai | 92 | 1 | / |
| Aabulwad | 86 | 1 | / |
| Abolwa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Avulwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Abulua | 83 | 1 | / |
| Aboulba | 77 | 4 | / |
| Abulwez | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abuelva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Habolwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abulouha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abulbo | 67 | 208 | / |
| Abolua | 67 | 6 | / |
| Abului | 67 | 3 | / |
| Avulua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aboelwaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abulbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ebulua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avulwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abulbeh | 62 | 176 | / |
| Aavulua | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ebuluo | 50 | 63 | / |
| Abolvi | 50 | 1 | / |
| Obuluo | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Abulwa
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