Puluwa Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Puluwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 54 | 1:150,995 | 20,848 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Puluwa (113) may also be a first name.
Puluwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puluwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Puluwa has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Puluwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,220,661st most widespread last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 74 percent of Puluwa are found; 74 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 74 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Puluwa is also the 881,625th most numerous given name globally It is held by 113 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 150,995. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Enga, where 69 percent live, Western Highlands, where 30 percent live and Morobe, where 2 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 10 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phuluwa | 92 | 970 | / |
| Puluwai | 92 | 8 | / |
| Puluwas | 92 | 3 | / |
| Puliwa | 83 | 203 | / |
| Poluwa | 83 | 22 | / |
| Puluwe | 83 | 18 | / |
| Piluwa | 83 | 8 | / |
| Puluba | 83 | 5 | / |
| Puluva | 83 | 1 | / |
| Puluwi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Puluvah | 77 | 13 | / |
| Pulubai | 77 | 4 | / |
| Phuluwo | 77 | 4 | / |
| Phuluba | 77 | 3 | / |
| Pilauwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pulhuva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pholuwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pauluba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Poulouwe | 71 | 526 | / |
| Pullubai | 71 | 14 | / |
| Puliuvea | 71 | 7 | / |
| Pulhueva | 71 | 4 | / |
| Puhlueva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phulubai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Piliwa | 67 | 191 | / |
| Pulube | 67 | 154 | / |
| Pulubi | 67 | 49 | / |
| Pauluweit | 67 | 40 | / |
| Poluva | 67 | 15 | / |
| Pulubo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pulowo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Puluwa
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