Piluwa Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Malawi

Piluwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piluwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060

Piluwa Last Name Facts

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

Piluwa is found most in Indonesia. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Piluwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Piluwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Piluwa is the 6,723,624th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Piluwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Piluwa are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 33,062,298. In Indonesia Piluwa is most prevalent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Malawi, where 50 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pilauwa921/
Piliwa83191/
Puluwa8373/
Phuluwa77970/
Pheluwa77105/
Pilueva7726/
Puluwai778/
Pelauwa774/
Pailiwa773/
Pilyueva711/
Puliwa67203/
Peluwe6712/
Peluwo6711/
Piliva672/
Piloubeau671/
Piliwo671/
Peliwa671/
Puluva671/
Pilieva62222/
Puluvah6213/
Pehliwa6210/
Phuluwo624/
Pylueva622/
Peluwep622/
Pulhuva621/
Hpilowe621/
Pylhueva5731/
Puliuvea577/
Pelhueva574/
Pulhueva574/
Peheliwa574/
Poilieva572/
Puhlueva571/
Paillowo571/
Paillaube537/
Phelubhai531/
Peliwo50147/
Pelowe5073/
Pelubo5011/
Pelowo501/

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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 Piluwa
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