Araua Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Araua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
The alternate forms: Arauá (1) are calculated separately.
Araua (13) may also be a first name.
Araua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Araua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Araua is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found as: Arauá. For other potential spellings of Araua click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Araua? popularity and diffusion
Araua is the 3,100,440th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Araua occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Araua are found; 75 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 75 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 13 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 271,791. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Gulf, where 60 percent are found, National Capital District, where 37 percent are found and Chimbu, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 8 percent are found and Niger, where 5 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
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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 Araua
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