Balawe Surname
Approximately 452 people bear this surname
Balawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 314 | 1:54,519 | 7,527 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Cameroon | 39 | 1:532,540 | 42,124 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Balawe (19) may also be a first name.
Balawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Balawe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻼﻭ, Marathi: बळावे) is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balawe? popularity and diffusion
Balawe is the 663,740th most widespread family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 16,122,889 people. The surname Balawe is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Balawe live; 69 percent live in Southern Africa and 69 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Balawe is also the 2,523,061st most common first name globally, borne by 19 people.
This last name is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 54,519. Barring Malawi Balawe occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 11 percent are found and Cameroon, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Balawe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Balawe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻼﻭ | blaw | - |
| Balawe in the Marathi language | ||
| बळावे | balave | - |
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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
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- 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 Balawe
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