Moluwo Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

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

Moluwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moluwo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea361:226,49231,172
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Moluwo Last Name Facts

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

Moluwo is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Moluwo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,228,735th most numerous last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Moluwo reside; 97 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 97 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

This last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 226,492. In Papua New Guinea Moluwo is most numerous in: West Sepik, where 75 percent live, Eastern Highlands, where 14 percent live and Madang, where 11 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moluwoi9263/
Maluwo83188/
Moluwa8389/
Muluwo836/
Molowo834/
Molubo833/
Moluvo831/
Mohluwa775/
Molowoi773/
Moleuwa771/
Malouwo771/
Moluwah771/
Mohlouwa7187/
Molubhoy7116/
Moulouwa711/
Mmolauwa711/
Maluwa6720,740/
Muluwa671,976/
Moluba67282/
Moliwa67206/
Mouloubou67203/
Molivo67120/
Malowo67105/
Malubo6728/
Mulubo6722/
Maliwo677/
Mulowo673/
Maluvo673/
Meliwo671/
Meluwa671/

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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 Moluwo
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