Atawei Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Atawei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Atawei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atawei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Atawei is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Atawei.
How Common Is The Last Name Atawei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 77 percent of Atawei are found; 77 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 77 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
Atawei is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 15 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, 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 Atawei
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