Kwalu Surname
Approximately 815 people bear this surname
Kwalu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 435 | 1:121,705 | 11,552 |
| DR Congo | 171 | 1:432,044 | 35,878 |
| Papua New Guinea | 129 | 1:63,207 | 8,198 |
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Solomon Islands | 29 | 1:20,001 | 3,902 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kwalu (340) may also be a first name.
Kwalu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwalu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kwalu has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwalu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kwalu is the 424,566th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 8,941,774 people. Kwalu is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Kwalu are found; 54 percent are found in East Africa and 54 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kwalu is also the 473,685th most widespread forename throughout the world It is held by 340 people.
The last name Kwalu is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 435 people, or 1 in 121,705. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Simiyu Region, where 81 percent are found, Tanga Region, where 14 percent are found and Shinyanga Region, where 2 percent are found. Not including Tanzania Kwalu exists in 10 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 21 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent are found.
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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 Kwalu
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