Imawe Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Imawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Imawe (20) may also be a first name.
Imawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Imawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Imawe is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Imawe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,532,898th most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Imawe is predominantly found in Oceania, where 95 percent of Imawe live; 95 percent live in Oceania Islands and 95 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 20 people.
The last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Madang, where 61 percent are found and West Sepik, where 39 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 5 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 Imawe
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