Kulwas Surname

1,038,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Kulwas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kulwas Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland2381:159,70122,482
France21:33,211,361423,184
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

The alternate forms: Kulwaś (1) are calculated separately.

Kulwas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kulwas occurs in Poland more than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Kulwaś. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kulwas? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kulwas is the 1,038,570th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. The last name Kulwas is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kulwas live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The last name is most commonly used in Poland, where it is carried by 238 people, or 1 in 159,701. Besides Poland this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in France, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kulwaś941/
Kulwase921/
Kolwas83145/
Kulwatz7717/
Khulbas774/
Kulbasz771/
Kolwasch711/
Koulbass711/
Kaulbass710/
Kaulbaas710/
Kulbaş6763/
Kulbaz6720/
Kilvas6710/
Culvas672/
Külbas671/
Colwash6221/
Kulbosh621/
Culbos5017/
Kilvaş501/
Colwos500/
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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 Kulwas
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