Babalwa Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Babalwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Babalwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Babalwa (23,469) may also be a first name.

Babalwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Babalwa has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Babalwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Babalwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Babalwa is the 4,908,606th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Babalwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Babalwa live; 69 percent live in Southern Africa and 69 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 33,554th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 23,469 people.

The last name Babalwa is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 4,925,246. In South Africa Babalwa is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 73 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 18 percent reside and Western Cape, where 9 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 13 percent reside and Brazil, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Babalwad932/
Babolwa864/
Babalua861/
Bobalwad804/
Bobolwa711/
Bahbalvi671/
Babalouee632/
Babolua5721/
Bobeilwe5333/
Baybolva531/
Babouluis501/

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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 Babalwa
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