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 last name Anawai (Hindi: अनवरी) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Anawai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,273,756th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name is primarily found 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 first name throughout the world, borne by 99 people.
It is most frequently held 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 are found, Far North Region, where 5 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 37 percent are found and Indonesia, where 7 percent are found.
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
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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 Anawai
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