Pwalua Surname

701,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 420 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Pwalua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Pwalua Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana4161:64,9546,785
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479

Pwalua Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pwalua is more commonly found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pwalua? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pwalua is the 701,000th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 17,351,300 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Pwalua live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Pwalua is most numerous in Ghana, where it is borne by 416 people, or 1 in 64,954. Outside of Ghana this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pualua831/
Bwalua831/
Bwalwa67113/
Bualua6734/
Bwalva678/
Bualuay62372/
Bualuea624/
Buasilua571/
Bualva502/
Bualba501/
Buolua501/
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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 Pwalua
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