Glwa Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Glwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Glwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Glwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Glwa is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Glwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Glwa is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Glwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Glwa reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 100 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilwa | 89 | 158 | / |
| Gelwa | 89 | 97 | / |
| Glewa | 89 | 15 | / |
| Glway | 89 | 10 | / |
| Ngilwa | 80 | 180 | / |
| Gilway | 80 | 24 | / |
| Gilwai | 80 | 4 | / |
| Gleway | 80 | 4 | / |
| Gelway | 80 | 3 | / |
| Guelwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gelwat | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gilwah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Glewad | 80 | 1 | / |
| Glua | 75 | 166 | / |
| Glba | 75 | 2 | / |
| Glwy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gillway | 73 | 43 | / |
| Ghlwash | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghlwaay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngleway | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gleweah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gilwaha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gelua | 67 | 1,962 | / |
| Gleba | 67 | 1,847 | / |
| Gilua | 67 | 1,241 | / |
| Gilba | 67 | 625 | / |
| Gelba | 67 | 68 | / |
| Glewe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gülba | 67 | 8 | / |
| Gluas | 67 | 8 | / |
| Gilwe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Glvač | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ngehelwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gilwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gelwy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Glewo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Glwer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Glwet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gluah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gellwatz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gllua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Glewi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gluea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gluha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghlwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Glwyp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guelwatt | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Glwa
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