Kuluwa Surname

243,941st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,634 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kuluwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kuluwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,1371:155,7989,820
DR Congo2801:263,85624,810
Zambia1321:120,0759,160
India371:20,731,497300,213
Indonesia171:7,779,364314,803
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Kuluwa (10,324) may also be a first name.

Kuluwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kuluwa (Hindi: कुलुआ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kuluwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Kuluwa? popularity and diffusion

Kuluwa is the 243,941st most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,459,942 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Kuluwa are found; 70 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 59,978th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 10,324 people.

The last name Kuluwa is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,137 people, or 1 in 155,798. In Nigeria Kuluwa is mostly found in: Zamfara, where 65 percent live, Sokoto, where 24 percent live and Benue, where 6 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent live and Zambia, where 8 percent live.

Kuluwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Kuluwa surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kuluwah9250/
Kulluwa9226/
Kuluswa924/
Khuluwa922/
Kuluwai921/
Kuluuwa921/
Kuluwaa921/
Koulouwa8645/
Kiluwa832,386/
Kuliwa83411/
Kuluva8389/
Kuluwe8354/
Koluwa838/
Kuluwi834/
Kulueva771,170/
Khuliwa77132/
Kuliewa7747/
Kauluva773/
Kuluvas772/
Kolauwa771/
Khuluwe771/
Kuluswe771/
Kolouwa771/
Koluwai771/
Kiluwai771/
Kuliwah771/
Kkuluba771/
Khiluwa771/
Khulueva7111/
Koulouwi711/
Kouliewa711/
Koulubah711/
Kuliva671,163/
Kiliwa671,047/
Kiluva67549/
Koluwo6776/
Kuluve6773/
Kulowi674/
Kuliwo674/
Koulouwou671/
Kouloubai671/
Kuluvi671/
Kulowe671/

Kuluwa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kuluwa in the Hindi language
कुलुआkulu'a-

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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 Kuluwa
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