Galawai Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Galawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Galawai (11) may also be a first name.
Galawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Galawai is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Galawai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,116,508th most common surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Galawai is predominantly found in Oceania, where 96 percent of Galawai are found; 96 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 96 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent forename worldwide, borne by 11 people.
Galawai is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea Galawai is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 55 percent live, East Sepik, where 27 percent live and Madang, where 18 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent live.
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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 Galawai
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