Hawai Surname
Approximately 1,384 people bear this surname
Hawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Iran | 224 | 1:342,779 | 23,131 |
| Papua New Guinea | 181 | 1:45,048 | 5,552 |
| Thailand | 148 | 1:477,286 | 83,618 |
| Kenya | 132 | 1:349,848 | 20,694 |
| India | 73 | 1:10,507,745 | 199,418 |
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| Pakistan | 59 | 1:3,027,862 | 24,468 |
| Philippines | 45 | 1:2,249,738 | 125,194 |
| Indonesia | 43 | 1:3,075,563 | 171,061 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: Hawaï (2) are calculated separately.
Hawai (754) may also be a first name.
Hawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hawai (Arabic: شاواي, Marathi: हवाई, Tibetan: ཧཱ་ཝའི་) occurs more in Saudi Arabia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Hawaï. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hawai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hawai is the 279,323rd most frequently held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 5,265,568 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 71 percent of Hawai live; 26 percent live in West Asia and 26 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 299,270th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 754 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Saudi Arabia, where it is borne by 358 people, or 1 in 86,189. Aside from Saudi Arabia Hawai occurs in 34 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 16 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hawai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hawai in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཧཱ་ཝའི་ | hawé | - |
| Hawai in the Marathi language | ||
| हवाई | hava'i | 83.33 |
| हावई | hava'i | 8.33 |
| हवई | hava'i | 8.33 |
| Hawai in the Arabic language | ||
| شاواي | shaway | - |
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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 Hawai
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