Galiwa Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Galiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
Galiwa (20) may also be a first name.
Galiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Galiwa is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Galiwa? popularity and diffusion
Galiwa is the 3,185,033rd most widely held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 53 percent of Galiwa reside; 53 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 53 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 20 people.
The last name Galiwa is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Western Highlands, where 55 percent reside and Madang, where 45 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 29 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Galiwa
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