Aiwai Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Aiwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Aiwai (13) may also be a first name.
Aiwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aiwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Aiwai is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Aiwai.
How Common Is The Last Name Aiwai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,882,373rd most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Aiwai occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 73 percent of Aiwai live; 73 percent live in Oceania Islands and 73 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,159,357th most common given name globally, borne by 13 people.
The last name Aiwai is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: West Sepik, where 35 percent are found, Bougainville, where 29 percent are found and Manus, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 15 percent are found and Indonesia, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Aiwai
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