Poliwa Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Poliwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poliwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia171:7,779,364314,803
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
France61:11,070,454349,096
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Poliwa Last Name Facts

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

Poliwa is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Poliwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poliwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Poliwa is the 3,373,373rd most frequent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 50 percent of Poliwa are found; 50 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 50 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The surname Poliwa is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 7,779,364. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: Central Sulawesi, where 71 percent live and Maluku, where 29 percent live. Barring Indonesia this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 26 percent live and France, where 18 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pholiwa929/
Poliwacz8614/
Puliwa83203/
Polewa8392/
Paliwa8389/
Poliva8358/
Poliba8345/
Poliwo8325/
Poluwa8322/
Poliwe831/
Peliwa831/
Polieva77123/
Poleway7754/
Poliwes7735/
Poliwos7725/
Poulewa7721/
Pouliwe7710/
Pehliwa7710/
Paliuwa777/
Polewad777/
Poliuva776/
Polliva774/
Politva774/
Paliwat772/
Paliwad772/
Pahliwa771/
Pholuwa771/
Polibai771/
Paliwah771/
Paliwaz771/
Paliway771/
Polaiwe771/
Pollewa771/
Polevaia711,024/
Polewacz71287/
Polivach71279/
Pollieva7114/
Paliswat7113/
Paliwaya7111/
Polewach719/
Polywacz718/
Potlewad715/
Polivaya713/
Poilieva712/
Polewaja712/
Polichva711/
Pouliwou711/
Poliświt711/
Palliwad711/
Puleiwai711/
Poleva675,109/
Palewa67247/
Peliwo67147/
Polivy67115/
Paliba6791/
Polyba6761/
Puliwe6761/
Paluwa6758/
Paliva6739/
Pelewa6726/
Paliwe6715/
Poluva6715/
Polibo674/
Polewe674/
Polevi674/
Paliwo673/
Polivo673/
Poleba672/
Polibi672/
Polewy672/
Polivi672/
Polive672/
Polivaich671/
Palliwaia671/
Polibe671/
Puliba671/
Potlewait670/

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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 Poliwa
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