Pualina Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Pualina Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pualina Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pualina (1,223) may also be a first name.

Pualina Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pualina is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Pualina click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pualina? popularity and diffusion

Pualina is the 4,116,508th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Pualina reside; 74 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 226,269th most frequent given name worldwide, held by 1,223 people.

The surname Pualina is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria Pualina is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 38 percent reside, Benue, where 25 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 19 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 17 percent reside and Ghana, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pualin926/
Pualino8621/
Puallin861/
Puolina861/
Buhalina802/
Pualiono801/
Bualinga801/
Puolin778/
Bualin777/
Bualing7170/
Bualien712/
Buhalin712/
Puolino711/
Bbalina711/
Pwaling710/
Bwalinga6768/
Buallion6762/
Puolienė6747/
Bualn671/
Bualenga671/
Pualenous631/
Pualem6212/
Bualim6211/
Bualeng572/
Bwaling571/
Bouhalim5320/
Bwalenga538/
Buhailim531/

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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 Pualina
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