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 surname Palwanda (Marathi: पलवंदा) occurs more in Tanzania more 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
The surname Palwanda is the 2,352,516th most commonly held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname Palwanda is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Palwanda reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Palwanda is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 827,213. In Tanzania Palwanda is most prevalent in: Mbeya Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania it occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 3 percent reside.
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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