Kalwai Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Kalwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Kalwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kalwai (Marathi: कलवाई) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalwai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 79 percent of Kalwai live; 79 percent live in South Asia and 43 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
The surname Kalwai is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 29,773,981. In Pakistan Kalwai is most common in: Sindh, where 100 percent live. Excluding Pakistan this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 36 percent live and Canada, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalwai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalwai in the Marathi language | ||
| कलवाई | kalava'i | 50 |
| कालवाई | kalava'i | 50 |
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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 Kalwai
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