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) occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balawe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 663,740th most frequently used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 16,122,889 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Balawe reside; 69 percent reside in Southern Africa and 69 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most common first name on earth It is held by 19 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is held by 314 people, or 1 in 54,519. Besides Malawi this surname is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 11 percent live and Cameroon, where 9 percent live.
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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