Kaliwa Surname
Approximately 3,397 people bear this surname
Kaliwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 1,470 | 1:4,930 | 918 |
| Malawi | 1,150 | 1:14,886 | 2,336 |
| Tanzania | 342 | 1:154,800 | 13,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 108 | 1:75,497 | 9,888 |
| Nigeria | 86 | 1:2,059,800 | 71,823 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Zambia | 52 | 1:304,806 | 17,055 |
| Philippines | 35 | 1:2,892,521 | 138,859 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Kaliwa (147) may also be a first name.
Kaliwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaliwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kaliwa (Oriya: କାଳିୱା) is found in Togo more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kaliwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaliwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 132,808th most common surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,145,289 people. The surname Kaliwa is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Kaliwa live; 46 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 760,591st most prevalent given name throughout the world It is held by 147 people.
This last name is most widespread in Togo, where it is held by 1,470 people, or 1 in 4,930. Aside from Togo this surname exists in 18 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 34 percent are found and Tanzania, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaliwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaliwa in the Oriya language | ||
| କାଳିୱା | kaliwa | - |
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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 Kaliwa
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