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

The last name Gulawa (Hindi: गुलपर) is most common in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gulawa.

How Common Is The Last Name Gulawa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,432,070th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Gulawa are found; 61 percent are found in West Africa and 61 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 304,585th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 732 people.

The surname Gulawa is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bauchi, where 100 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 18 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent are found.

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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