Valau Surname
Approximately 543 people bear this surname
Valau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 266 | 1:804,791 | 29,182 |
| India | 171 | 1:4,485,762 | 116,822 |
| Papua New Guinea | 104 | 1:78,401 | 10,308 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Valau (220) may also be a first name.
Valau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Valau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Valau (Hindi: वलऊ) has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Valau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Valau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 578,557th most widely held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 13,420,895 people. Valau occurs mostly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Valau are found; 49 percent are found in South America and 49 percent are found in Luso-South America. Valau is also the 608,246th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 220 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is held by 266 people, or 1 in 804,791. In Brazil Valau is most frequent in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 91 percent live, Santa Catarina, where 3 percent live and São Paulo, where 2 percent live. Aside from Brazil this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 31 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Valau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Valau in the Hindi language | ||
| वलऊ | vala'u | 80 |
| वलउआ | vala'u'a | 10 |
| वलउ | vala'u | 10 |
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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 Valau
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