Anuwai Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Anuwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Anuwai (31) may also be a first name.
Anuwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anuwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Anuwai is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Anuwai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,587,209th most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Anuwai reside; 50 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 50 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 31 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 4,915,704. In Malaysia Anuwai is mostly concentrated in: Terengganu, where 83 percent are found and Kuala Lumpur, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Malaysia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 42 percent are found and Nigeria, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Anuwai
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