Balwana Surname

876,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 308 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Balwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2841:137,46212,498
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Balwana (13) may also be a first name.

Balwana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Balwana occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Balwana.

How Common Is The Last Name Balwana? popularity and diffusion

The last name Balwana is the 876,631st most frequently used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 23,660,863 people. The surname Balwana is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Balwana are found; 92 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Balwana is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 13 people.

The surname is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 284 people, or 1 in 137,462. In Uganda Balwana is primarily found in: Kamuli District, where 34 percent are found, Wakiso District, where 13 percent are found and Kampala District, where 12 percent are found. Other than Uganda it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found and Pakistan, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Balwana
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