Imalwa Surname

655,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 460 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Imalwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Imalwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia4551:5,2951,001
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Imalwa Last Name Facts

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

Imalwa is held by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Imalwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 655,080th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 15,842,491 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Imalwa are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Namibia, where it is borne by 455 people, or 1 in 5,295. In Namibia Imalwa is most numerous in: Oshana Region, where 33 percent live, Khomas Region, where 20 percent live and Omusati Region, where 20 percent live. Aside from Namibia this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 0 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eimalwa921/
Haimalwa8643/
Emalwa831/
Imalua831/
Gimalva771/
Ismailva715/
Emalwo6721/
Emealua623/
Emaluat621/
Jimaluo621/
Gimmalvo574/
Ismajlvo571/
Ismailvi571/
Ismailuo571/
Gimealvo571/
Ismalvis571/
Hemalbai571/
Emaluo5035/
Ymalvo501/

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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 Imalwa
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