Bakanau Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Bakanau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Bakanau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakanau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bakanau is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bakanau.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakanau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 67 percent of Bakanau live; 67 percent live in Oceania Islands and 67 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Bakanau is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Madang, where 75 percent are found, New Ireland, where 17 percent are found and East New Britain, where 8 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea Bakanau is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 28 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 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 Bakanau
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