Gewai Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Gewai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 67 | 1:121,697 | 16,585 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Gewai (44) may also be a first name.
Gewai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gewai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gewai is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gewai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,293,424th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 97 percent of Gewai reside; 97 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 97 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Gewai is also the 1,525,482nd most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 44 people.
Gewai is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 121,697. In Papua New Guinea Gewai is most frequent in: Morobe, where 58 percent reside, Chimbu, where 24 percent reside and Northern, where 10 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea Gewai exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 1 percent reside and Pakistan, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Gewai
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