Amuai Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

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

Amuai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amuai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea371:220,37130,351
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Amuai (73) may also be a first name.

Amuai Last Name Facts

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

The last name Amuai is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Amuai? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,876,555th most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. Amuai occurs mostly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Amuai live; 96 percent live in Oceania Islands and 96 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Amuai is also the 1,134,117th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 73 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 220,371. In Papua New Guinea Amuai is most prevalent in: West Sepik, where 51 percent are found, Hela, where 22 percent are found and Western, where 14 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea Amuai exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 15 percent are found and Taiwan, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gamuai911/
Aaymuai832/
Omuai8010/
Amuoi801/
Amboui73217/
Homuai7313/
Amvoua7310/
Hamuae733/
Amwahi732/
Omuais731/
Ambuoi731/
Ambaui731/
Omuahi731/
Gamuae731/
Ambayie674/
Hamboui672/
Hamouhajji672/
Hambahi671/
Homhuai671/
Ambahui671/
Hamwaua671/
Ambaiye671/

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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 Amuai
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