Gulawa Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Gulawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gulawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Gulawa (732) may also be a first name.

Gulawa Last Name Facts

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

Gulawa (Hindi: गुलपर) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gulawa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gulawa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,432,070th most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname Gulawa is mostly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Gulawa live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 304,585th most widely held first name in the world, held by 732 people.

It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Bauchi, where 100 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Gulawa exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 18 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gulawas921/
Gulaway921/
Gulaiwa921/
Ngulawa921/
Gulyaewa864/
Ngoulawa861/
Gujlawad861/
Gaulaway861/
Gulaba83249/
Gulawe8373/
Gulawo8325/
Gulava8318/
Gulewa8310/
Gulowa835/
Golawa834/
Gilawa834/
Gulaeva77305/
Gullaba77161/
Ngulawe7741/
Gullava7735/
Gulabai7731/
Golaway7719/
Guleiwa7712/
Ghulaba7712/
Gulavas7711/
Goulaba7710/
Gulabaj7710/
Gulyaba779/
Gulyava779/
Guslawi779/
Gulabay776/
Gulabea774/
Gulavad774/
Gulavat773/
Gulavaj773/
Gulaabo773/
Guslawo772/
Gulaaba772/
Goulewa771/
Gulaabi771/
Gulavai771/
Gollawa771/
Gulgawi771/
Guliaba771/
Gilawai771/
Gutlava771/
Gilaway770/
Gulaabay71115/
Gollaway7172/
Gulabhai7143/
Guliaeva7135/
Gaulavad7129/
Nguleiwa7121/
Gulaabah719/
Guleihwa712/
Goulouwa712/
Gulloway712/
Gulowacz712/
Gulyaiva712/
Ghulavad711/
Gulliawi711/
Guleavas711/
Gullabai711/
Ngoulawo711/
Goelaway710/
Gulova6725,327/
Guloba675,073/
Gulavi671,469/
Gulave671,464/
Gulabi671,422/
Golowa671,373/
Guleva67696/
Gulabe67605/
Gulabo67123/
Ghulabhai67119/
Gilava6727/
Gulaby6727/
Gilawo6725/
Gulahaver6710/
Gouliaeva6710/
Gulavo675/
Ggulyaeva672/
Gilowa672/
Ghoulouwa672/
Guliabhai671/
Gulowo671/
Gullyaeva671/
Gulowy670/

Gulawa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gulawa in the Hindi language
गुलपरgulapara-

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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 Gulawa
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