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 occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kualai? popularity and diffusion

Kualai is the 3,543,123rd most widely held last name globally, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This last name is predominantly 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 numerous first name at a global level, held by 12 people.

Kualai is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 301,990. In Papua New Guinea Kualai is most prevalent in: Central, where 96 percent reside and National Capital District, where 4 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea Kualai occurs in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 13 percent reside.

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
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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 Kualai
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