Kualai Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kualai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kualai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea271:301,99040,635
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799

Kualai (12) may also be a first name.

Kualai Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kualai is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kualai? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,543,123rd most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 87 percent of Kualai live; 87 percent live in Oceania Islands and 87 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 12 people.

This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 301,990. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Central, where 96 percent live and National Capital District, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kualayi924/
Kuala911,019/
Kuali91667/
Nkuala83151/
Kwalai8380/
Kualay8312/
Gualai833/
Kuatli833/
Kualah833/
Kualla832/
Kualid832/
Kualoa831/
Kouhala7773/
Kuhalli776/
Kualich776/
Kuaiela774/
Kwalayi773/
Kouhali772/
Kuaglia772/
Kuhalap771/
Guallai771/
Kualeyi771/
Kuaylla771/
Kwalgai771/
Guala736,177/
Kwali731,645/
Kwala731,571/
Cuala73647/
Guali73611/
Cuali73193/
Kuale73162/
Kuola73158/
Quali7321/
Quala7318/
Kuoli731/
Kouhaila71278/
Kwatlhai7163/
Kuhaulau711/
Kouhalli711/
Gualli671,920/
Cuayla671,365/
Kwalia671,267/
Gualla67373/
Qualia67184/
Kwalla67170/
Gualea67166/
Qualio67153/
Gualoa67146/
Kwalli67141/
Guolai67130/
Gualia67125/
Kwahla67108/
Gbalai6789/
Qualie6779/
Qualah6779/
Kwaila6770/
Cualay6766/
Kwalau6760/
Cualla6755/
Kwaala6752/
Qualla6751/
Nguali6746/
Qualis6745/
Kuolas6739/
Kwalie6737/
Kwalea6733/
Cualia6732/
Qualli6729/
Cualio6722/
Kwalah6718/
Gueala6715/
Kwaloa6712/
Gwuala6710/
Qualit679/
Qualha679/
Guaali679/
Qualid677/
Kgwali677/
Cualas677/
Kuolie676/
Quaali676/
Kuatle676/
Cualis675/
Cualli675/
Gualha674/
Quayla673/
Quhali673/
Kualle673/
Qualay672/
Quasli672/
Kuolis672/
Ghuala672/
Gualay672/
Nkuale672/
Kgwala672/
Kwalha672/
Guaila672/
Quagliaia671/
Quaila671/
Qualas671/
Qualea671/
Quwala671/
Cuhali671/
Kuolah671/
Kwalhi671/
Kwwali671/
Kwalay671/
Kwalei671/
Kuholi671/
Nkualy671/
Gvalai671/
Cualiz671/
Cuatla671/
Cuatli671/
Kuolei671/
Kwalgi671/
Guaili671/
Gualaa671/
Quaula671/
Kuasle671/
Kualeh671/
Gualga671/
Kualer670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kualai
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