Howei Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Howei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Howei (15) may also be a first name.
Howei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Howei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Howei occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Howei? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,882,373rd most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Howei live; 92 percent live in Oceania Islands and 92 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Howei is also the 2,900,335th most common first name worldwide, held by 15 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 339,738. In Papua New Guinea Howei is most prevalent in: East Sepik, where 96 percent live and West Sepik, where 4 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 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 Howei
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