Molwi Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Molwi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Molwi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia231:5,749,965259,967
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Molwi (103) may also be a first name.

Molwi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Molwi is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Molwi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,957,383rd most commonly held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. Molwi is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Molwi live; 92 percent live in Southeast Asia and 92 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Molwi is also the 930,172nd most frequently occurring forename world-wide It is held by 103 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 5,749,965. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: South Sulawesi, where 91 percent are found. Not including Indonesia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 4 percent are found and South Africa, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Molwie91130/
Molwai912/
Moulwi912/
Molwid911/
Mohlwai838/
Molvi801,293/
Molwe80343/
Malwi80249/
Molwa80167/
Mulwi8021/
Molbi8011/
Molui803/
Motlhwai7745/
Moilwa736,211/
Moilwe731,425/
Moulvi73497/
Mulwei73120/
Molway7384/
Moolwe7332/
Molvie7330/
Moulbi7325/
Motlui7322/
Malwai7317/
Malwiy7311/
Molvis735/
Mmolwa732/
Maalwi731/
Molvio731/
Molweu731/
Molviz731/
Mulwai731/
Molbiy731/
Molbai731/
Maulwi731/
Molvij731/
Moslwy731/
Moslui731/
Mholwa731/
Moolvi731/
Mollway6740/
Moihlwe679/
Moolvai674/
Moelwee672/
Moulbai672/
Mohlhwe671/
Moutlwe671/
Moitlwe671/
Mmoilwa671/
Malwich671/
M'Molwa671/
Mottlui671/
Malwish671/
Mmolhwa671/

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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 Molwi
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