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
Valau (Hindi: वलऊ) has its highest incidence in Brazil. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Valau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 578,557th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 13,420,895 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Valau live; 49 percent live in South America and 49 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 608,246th most frequently used forename world-wide. It is borne by 220 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is borne by 266 people, or 1 in 804,791. In Brazil Valau is mostly concentrated in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 91 percent live, Santa Catarina, where 3 percent live and São Paulo, where 2 percent live. Not including Brazil it exists in 4 countries. It is also found 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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