Moluwo Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Moluwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moluwoi | 92 | 63 | / |
| Maluwo | 83 | 188 | / |
| Moluwa | 83 | 89 | / |
| Muluwo | 83 | 6 | / |
| Molowo | 83 | 4 | / |
| Molubo | 83 | 3 | / |
| Moluvo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mohluwa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Molowoi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Moleuwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Malouwo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moluwah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mohlouwa | 71 | 87 | / |
| Molubhoy | 71 | 16 | / |
| Moulouwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mmolauwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maluwa | 67 | 20,740 | / |
| Muluwa | 67 | 1,976 | / |
| Moluba | 67 | 282 | / |
| Moliwa | 67 | 206 | / |
| Mouloubou | 67 | 203 | / |
| Molivo | 67 | 120 | / |
| Malowo | 67 | 105 | / |
| Malubo | 67 | 28 | / |
| Mulubo | 67 | 22 | / |
| Maliwo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mulowo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Maluvo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Meliwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meluwa | 67 | 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 Moluwo
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