Guwai Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Guwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 45 | 1:181,194 | 25,163 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Guwai (46) may also be a first name.
Guwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Guwai is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Guwai is the 2,843,861st most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Guwai live; 96 percent live in Oceania Islands and 96 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Guwai is also the 1,484,914th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 46 people.
This last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 181,194. In Papua New Guinea Guwai is most prevalent in: East Sepik, where 27 percent live, Jiwaka, where 27 percent live and Milne Bay, where 20 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea Guwai exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 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 Guwai
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