Diwai Surname
Approximately 379 people bear this surname
Diwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 271 | 1:260,658 | 44,419 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75 | 1:108,716 | 14,715 |
| Pakistan | 27 | 1:6,616,440 | 38,275 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Diwai (478) may also be a first name.
Diwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Diwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Diwai (Oriya: ଦିୱାଇ) is found most in Thailand. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Diwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Diwai is the 755,622nd most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 19,228,353 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 79 percent of Diwai live; 72 percent live in Southeast Asia and 72 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 389,041st most widely held first name internationally It is held by 478 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Thailand, where it is carried by 271 people, or 1 in 260,658. In Thailand it is most prevalent in: Ubon Ratchathani Province, where 83 percent live, Samut Prakan Province, where 9 percent live and Bangkok, where 4 percent live. Not including Thailand this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live and Pakistan, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Diwai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Diwai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦିୱାଇ | diwa'i | 92.31 |
| ଦିୱଇ | diwa'i | 7.69 |
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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 Diwai
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