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
The last name Kaluwa (Hindi: कलुवा, Oriya: କାଳୁୱା, Tibetan: ཀཱ་ལུ་ཝ་) is most common in Malawi. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kaluwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaluwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kaluwa is the 37,288th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 516,006 people. It is predominantly found 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 widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,045 people.
The last name Kaluwa is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 8,365 people, or 1 in 2,047. Besides Malawi this last name occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 16 percent live and Tanzania, where 13 percent live.
Kaluwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily 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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