Agawai Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Agawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Agawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Agawai occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Agawai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Agawai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 83 percent of Agawai are found; 83 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 83 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Hela, where 53 percent reside, Southern Highlands, where 27 percent reside and Enga, where 7 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 11 percent reside and Niger, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Agawai
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