Palwanda Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Palwanda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 64 | 1:827,213 | 43,161 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
Palwanda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palwanda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palwanda (Marathi: पलवंदा) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Palwanda? popularity and diffusion
Palwanda is the 2,352,516th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Palwanda reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 827,213. In Tanzania Palwanda is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palwanda Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palwanda in the Marathi language | ||
| पलवंदा | palavanda | - |
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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 Palwanda
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