Galwa Surname
Approximately 219 people bear this surname
Galwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| Philippines | 40 | 1:2,530,956 | 131,537 |
| Germany | 32 | 1:2,515,796 | 126,826 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Galwa (71) may also be a first name.
Galwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Galwa (Tibetan: དགལ་ཝ་) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Galwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Galwa is the 1,111,382nd most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 33,276,465 people. Galwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 43 percent of Galwa live; 35 percent live in West Africa and 21 percent live in Chadic Africa. Galwa is also the 1,152,838th most frequently occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 71 people.
The surname Galwa is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 461,535. In Cameroon Galwa is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 93 percent are found and North Region, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon Galwa is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 18 percent are found and Germany, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galwa in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགལ་ཝ་ | galwa | - |
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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 Galwa
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