Imaia Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Imaia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Imaia (12) may also be a first name.
Imaia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Imaia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Imaia is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Imaia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,602,217th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Imaia occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Imaia reside; 93 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 90 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Imaia is also the 3,306,491st most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 12 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 301,990. In Papua New Guinea Imaia is primarily concentrated in: Madang, where 78 percent live, East New Britain, where 19 percent live and Enga, where 4 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 3 percent live and Azerbaijan, where 3 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 Imaia
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