Bawai Surname
Approximately 350 people bear this surname
Bawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 145 | 1:56,233 | 7,159 |
| Indonesia | 78 | 1:1,695,502 | 110,645 |
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| Malaysia | 28 | 1:1,053,365 | 46,873 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Bawai (201) may also be a first name.
Bawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bawai (Hindi: बवाड़ी, Marathi: बावई) is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bawai? popularity and diffusion
Bawai is the 801,116th most prevalent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 20,821,560 people. Bawai is mostly found in Oceania, where 42 percent of Bawai reside; 42 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 42 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 639,077th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 201 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 56,233. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: National Capital District, where 44 percent are found, Central, where 30 percent are found and East Sepik, where 11 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 22 percent are found and Nigeria, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bawai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bawai in the Hindi language | ||
| बवाड़ी | bavari | - |
| Bawai in the Marathi language | ||
| बावई | bava'i | - |
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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 Bawai
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