Atawai Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Atawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Atawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Atawai (Hindi: अतवाई) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Atawai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,307,654th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Atawai is primarily found in Oceania, where 86 percent of Atawai live; 86 percent live in Oceania Islands and 86 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: New Ireland, where 94 percent are found and Madang, where 6 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 5 percent are found and Cameroon, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Atawai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Atawai in the Hindi language | ||
| अतवाई | atava'i | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Atawai
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis