Aiyau Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Aiyau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aiyau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea461:177,25524,620
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Aiyau (34) may also be a first name.

Aiyau Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Aiyau Come From? nationality or country of origin

Aiyau is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Aiyau? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,843,861st most frequently used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Aiyau are found; 98 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 98 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Aiyau is also the 1,775,424th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 34 people.

This surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 177,255. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: West Sepik, where 46 percent are found, Madang, where 41 percent are found and Morobe, where 11 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Haiyaou831/
Aiyou8055/
Jaiyu8016/
Ayiau804/
Ayyau802/
Ajiau801/
Yau75273,766/
Iau75128/
Haiyou7319/
Agiaou7316/
Ajiaou738/
Ayyaou737/
Jaiyut732/
Gaiyou732/
Aiyohu732/
Ihaiyu731/
Hayyau731/
Aiyout731/
Jaiyud731/
Jaijau731/
Yaou6758,204/
Yoau67591/
Yaut67319/
Yaus67201/
Jiau67147/
Yaud6776/
Yaup6743/
Yaux6741/
Ayihaou6736/
Hiau6729/
Jaau6726/
Yeau6723/
Ouaiyue6715/
Hyau6713/
Aoyu6712/
Hayyaou6711/
Aeau6710/
Ya'u675/
Ajjiaou675/
Aoiu674/
Iaut673/
Ahiaoyu672/
Iaus672/
Ahaiyou672/
Yauz671/
Ajijahu671/
Aoau671/
Ayouaou671/
Ahajiau671/
Ahayaou671/

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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 Aiyau
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