Baniau Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Baniau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
Baniau (26) may also be a first name.
Baniau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baniau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Baniau occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Baniau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,307,654th most numerous family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 90 percent of Baniau live; 90 percent live in Oceania Islands and 90 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,084,397th most numerous given name globally It is held by 26 people.
It is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 429,143. In Papua New Guinea Baniau is most prevalent in: Madang, where 84 percent are found, Bougainville, where 5 percent are found and East Sepik, where 5 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 10 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 Baniau
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