Suliwa Surname
Approximately 877 people bear this surname
Suliwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 810 | 1:21,135 | 3,253 |
| Zimbabwe | 33 | 1:467,825 | 39,606 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Suliwa (123) may also be a first name.
Suliwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Suliwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Suliwa is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Suliwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 400,713th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 8,309,630 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Suliwa live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 840,349th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, borne by 123 people.
The last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 810 people, or 1 in 21,135. Other than Malawi it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suliwah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sulaiwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Suliwa'a | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sulliway | 86 | 0 | / |
| Suliva | 83 | 832 | / |
| Suliba | 83 | 150 | / |
| Suluwa | 83 | 85 | / |
| Sulewa | 83 | 26 | / |
| Soliwa | 83 | 19 | / |
| Suliwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sulieva | 77 | 377 | / |
| Szulewa | 77 | 76 | / |
| Shiliwa | 77 | 65 | / |
| Sulliva | 77 | 52 | / |
| Sulivas | 77 | 38 | / |
| Shuluwa | 77 | 22 | / |
| Soliwoa | 77 | 8 | / |
| Soulewa | 77 | 6 | / |
| Sulibai | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sulliba | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sulluwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Suleiba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Susliva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shuliva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sauliba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Souliba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sulibay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Suliwih | 77 | 1 | / |
| Suluwai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Suliwer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shutliva | 71 | 15 | / |
| Souleywa | 71 | 12 | / |
| Shulieva | 71 | 7 | / |
| Shulaiba | 71 | 6 | / |
| Solliway | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sullivah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sullieva | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sullivaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sullivay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Suleva | 67 | 534 | / |
| Suluva | 67 | 142 | / |
| Sulyba | 67 | 55 | / |
| Sulibi | 67 | 25 | / |
| Shaulieva | 67 | 17 | / |
| Sulebi | 67 | 17 | / |
| Sulewo | 67 | 11 | / |
| Soliwe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Culiva | 67 | 7 | / |
| Zuliba | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sulive | 67 | 5 | / |
| Solewa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sulevi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sulibo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Juliva | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sulibe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zuluwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ciliwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sulivi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Súliva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sulivã | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zoliwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Suleba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Suliby | 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 Suliwa
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