Fuai Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Fuai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fuai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Fuai (138) may also be a first name.

Fuai Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fuai Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Fuai is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fuai? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fuai is the 3,957,383rd most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 76 percent of Fuai live; 76 percent live in Oceania Islands and 76 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Fuai is also the 787,636th most common first name in the world, borne by 138 people.

It is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 429,143. In Papua New Guinea Fuai is primarily concentrated in: Madang, where 68 percent live, Western Highlands, where 21 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 5 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 12 percent live and China, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fuaid8920/
Vuai7516,287/
Buai75338/
Fuae751/
Fuoi751/
Buaui67247/
Bua'i678/
Buaih675/
Vuahi674/
Fuaed674/
Fuaoa672/
Phuai671/
Fuayo671/

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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 Fuai
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