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 occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Guwai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,843,861st most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Guwai 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 frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 46 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 181,194. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 27 percent are found, Jiwaka, where 27 percent are found and Milne Bay, where 20 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 2 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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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