Bliwa Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Bliwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bliwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast391:591,57017,665
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Tunisia41:152,65617,743

Bliwa (11) may also be a first name.

Bliwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bliwa is more frequently found in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bliwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,808,717th most widespread last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname Bliwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Bliwa live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 11 people.

It is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 591,570. In The Ivory Coast it is most numerous in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 97 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 3 percent live. Apart from The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 10 percent live and Tunisia, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bliwas9143/
Bleiwa918/
Bleiwas83114/
Blaiwas8313/
Blewa8027/
Bliva8025/
Bliwi801/
Bliba801/
Bliwe800/
Blaiwais777/
Bleiwais774/
Blieva73407/
Blitva7378/
Blibay7358/
Blewah7334/
Blivas7327/
Bleiva7314/
Blioua737/
Blewai736/
Blaiwe732/
Bliwiz731/
Bleuwa731/
Blewoa731/
Bleway731/
Blajwad671,281/
Blaivas67104/
Bleivas6731/
Blaiwes6720/
Bleywas6715/
Blajwas678/
Blivajs674/
Bleiwis672/
Bellywa671/
Blehwah671/
Blyaiva671/

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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 Bliwa
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