Anawai Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Anawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 38 | 1:546,554 | 42,843 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Anawai (99) may also be a first name.
Anawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Anawai (Hindi: अनवरी) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Anawai.
How Common Is The Last Name Anawai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,273,756th most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name Anawai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Anawai reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 37 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 951,070th most frequent forename world-wide, borne by 99 people.
It is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 546,554. In Cameroon it is most common in: North Region, where 92 percent reside, Far North Region, where 5 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 37 percent reside and Indonesia, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Anawai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Anawai in the Hindi language | ||
| अनवरी | anavari | - |
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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 Anawai
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