Getawi Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

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

Getawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Getawi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Getawi Last Name Facts

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

Getawi has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Getawi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Getawi is the 4,649,889th most frequent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 94 percent of Getawi are found; 94 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 94 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

Getawi is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea Getawi is most common in: Western, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea Getawi occurs in one country. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jetawi83746/
Zetawi83269/
Gitawi8324/
Getawa8317/
Getawe839/
Gatawi836/
Setawi831/
Gotawi831/
Getaweh77521/
Getobai77216/
Ghitawi77174/
Zeitawi7788/
Getawey7749/
Gatahwi7739/
Gitawai7723/
Gatawai775/
Getabai775/
Getaway774/
Gattawi773/
Zeytawi772/
Getawoy771/
Getawer771/
Jettawi771/
Seytawi771/
Settawi771/
Zietawi771/
Jeetawi771/
Geetabai7142/
Seetawai714/
Getabhai711/
Ghetavid711/
Sethawai711/
Gethabai711/
Getawech711/
Zitawi671,197/
Gatavi67340/
Gitawe6799/
Gotavi6716/
Sitawi6716/
Gitawa6715/
Jitawi6714/
Gitabi6712/
Geethabai6710/
Gatawe679/
Setavi676/
Setawe673/
Cetavi673/
Getabe673/
Zetawe673/
Zetawy673/
Getave671/
Getowy671/
Gitavi671/

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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 Getawi
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