Arwai Surname
Approximately 520 people bear this surname
Arwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 482 | 1:80,994 | 8,661 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Arwai (100) may also be a first name.
Arwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Arwai is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arwai? popularity and diffusion
Arwai is the 598,302nd most frequently used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 14,014,511 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Arwai live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 946,056th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 100 people.
Arwai is most widespread in Uganda, where it is held by 482 people, or 1 in 80,994. In Uganda Arwai is primarily found in: Apac District, where 67 percent reside, Lira District, where 14 percent reside and Dokolo District, where 8 percent reside. Other than Uganda this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside and Poland, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Arwai
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