Maliwas Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Maliwas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maliwas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea211:388,27250,829
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Maliwas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Maliwas occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Maliwas click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maliwas? popularity and diffusion

Maliwas is the 4,206,983rd most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Maliwas live; 95 percent live in Oceania Islands and 95 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The surname Maliwas is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea Maliwas is most common in: East Sepik, where 95 percent live and Enga, where 5 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maliwashe881/
Malibas8649/
Malivas8617/
Maluwas862/
Maliwatshe822/
Malewase801/
Malibais801/
Mailivas801/
Molibas7167/
Melewas7163/
Molivas7119/
Maluvas714/
Malibos712/
Malybash676/
Melivais671/
Malievaz671/
Mallevays6340/
Maglievaz6320/
Malaivach639/
Maleewach632/
Maulevais631/
Molyvas5743/
Molevas571/
Malebos571/
Molebash5381/
Maleevach503/
Mahalevaj501/

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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 Maliwas
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