Gualva Surname

1,025,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Gualva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gualva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines2441:414,91152,494
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

Gualva Last Name Facts

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

Gualva is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gualva? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,025,894th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 29,624,170 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Gualva are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname Gualva is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 244 people, or 1 in 414,911. In The Philippines it is most common in: Bicol, where 30 percent live, National Capital Region, where 27 percent live and Central Luzon, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Guatemala, where 0 percent live and Mexico, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gualba83257/
Gualve8336/
Qualva836/
Gualvo832/
Gualvi831/
Gualvez771,305/
Gualves7729/
Guallba772/
Gualvie771/
Gualbaz771/
Gualuo67243/
Cuelva6723/
Gualbe6713/
Gualue677/
Gwalve674/
Kualua673/
Gualbo672/
Gwalwa672/
Cualba671/
Gualbi671/

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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 Gualva
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