Kwalam Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Kwalam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 78 | 1:104,535 | 14,121 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
Kwalam (46) may also be a first name.
Kwalam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwalam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kwalam is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwalam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,047,559th most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 93 percent of Kwalam reside; 93 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 93 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Kwalam is also the 1,484,914th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 46 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 104,535. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Morobe, where 78 percent reside, Central, where 9 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwallam | 92 | 4 | / |
| Kwailam | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gwalam | 83 | 3 | / |
| Kualam | 83 | 2 | / |
| Khwalom | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwalgom | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwallam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwalheim | 71 | 12 | / |
| Gbalam | 67 | 21 | / |
| Gualam | 67 | 11 | / |
| Qualam | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gvalam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwalom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gualame | 62 | 7 | / |
| Ghualam | 62 | 5 | / |
| Guahlam | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kvalheim | 57 | 1,451 | / |
| Kualheim | 57 | 5 | / |
| Qualliam | 57 | 0 | / |
| Quatleham | 53 | 0 | / |
| Quelam | 50 | 2 | / |
| Guolam | 50 | 1 | / |
| Gwolom | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Kwalam
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