Alekawa Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

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

Alekawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alekawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Alekawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Alekawa is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Alekawa.

How Common Is The Last Name Alekawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Alekawa are found; 75 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 75 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea Alekawa is most frequent in: Milne Bay, where 100 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 13 percent live and The DR Congo, where 13 percent live.

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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 Alekawa
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