Bolau Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Bolau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 195 | 1:678,201 | 52,887 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Solomon Islands | 8 | 1:72,504 | 14,153 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Bölau (1) are calculated separately.
Bolau (14) may also be a first name.
Bolau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bolau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bolau occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Bölau. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bolau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 945,594th most frequent family name globally, held by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 72 percent of Bolau reside; 72 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 70 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Bolau is also the 3,024,661st most numerous given name at a global level. It is borne by 14 people.
This last name is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 195 people, or 1 in 678,201. In Indonesia Bolau is most frequent in: East Kalimantan, where 90 percent live, East Nusa Tenggara, where 8 percent live and North Maluku, where 2 percent live. Beside Indonesia this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 12 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live.
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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 Bolau
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