Apawe Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Apawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 40 | 1:203,843 | 28,184 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Apawe (16) may also be a first name.
Apawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Apawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Apawe is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Apawe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,017,195th most frequent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Apawe live; 95 percent live in Oceania Islands and 95 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Apawe is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 16 people.
It is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 203,843. In Papua New Guinea Apawe is mostly found in: Enga, where 40 percent live, Western, where 40 percent live and National Capital District, where 13 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 5 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
- 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 Apawe
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