Bauai Surname
Approximately 603 people bear this surname
Bauai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 589 | 1:13,843 | 1,313 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Bauai (280) may also be a first name.
Bauai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bauai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bauai (Hindi: बउाइ) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bauai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 534,813th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,085,482 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Bauai live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 98 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Bauai is also the 530,161st most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 280 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 589 people, or 1 in 13,843. In Papua New Guinea Bauai is most prevalent in: Central, where 60 percent are found, National Capital District, where 24 percent are found and Morobe, where 10 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bauai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bauai in the Hindi language | ||
| बउाइ | baua'i | 66.67 |
| बउाई | baua'i | 33.33 |
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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 Bauai
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