Kaluwa Surname
Approximately 14,123 people bear this surname
Kaluwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 8,365 | 1:2,047 | 240 |
| DR Congo | 2,312 | 1:31,955 | 3,980 |
| Tanzania | 1,886 | 1:28,071 | 3,372 |
| Zambia | 702 | 1:22,578 | 2,430 |
| Namibia | 440 | 1:5,476 | 1,040 |
| Kenya | 125 | 1:369,439 | 21,332 |
| Papua New Guinea | 122 | 1:66,834 | 8,731 |
| Zimbabwe | 88 | 1:175,435 | 21,257 |
| South Africa | 32 | 1:1,693,053 | 82,821 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
Kaluwa (1,045) may also be a first name.
Kaluwa Demographics
Kaluwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kaluwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaluwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaluwa (Hindi: कलुवा, Oriya: କାଳୁୱା, Tibetan: ཀཱ་ལུ་ཝ་) is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kaluwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaluwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 37,288th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 516,006 people. The last name Kaluwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kaluwa reside; 68 percent reside in Southern Africa and 68 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kaluwa is also the 247,794th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,045 people.
The surname Kaluwa is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is carried by 8,365 people, or 1 in 2,047. Beside Malawi it exists in 21 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 16 percent reside and Tanzania, where 13 percent reside.
Kaluwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kaluwa last name is predominantly Christian (80%) in Kenya.
Kaluwa earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 19.91% less than the national average, earning R 190,320 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaluwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaluwa in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀཱ་ལུ་ཝ་ | kaluwa | - |
| Kaluwa in the Oriya language | ||
| କାଳୁୱା | kaluwa | - |
| Kaluwa in the Hindi language | ||
| कलुवा | kaluva | 71.88 |
| कलूवा | kaluva | 12.5 |
| कलुआ | kalu'a | 6.25 |
| कालवा | kalava | 3.13 |
| कलउवा | kala'uva | 3.13 |
| कलूआ | kalu'a | 3.13 |
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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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- 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 Kaluwa
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