Inau Surname
Approximately 576 people bear this surname
Inau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 270 | 1:30,199 | 3,454 |
| Uganda | 100 | 1:390,393 | 24,666 |
| Malaysia | 99 | 1:297,921 | 16,312 |
| Indonesia | 48 | 1:2,755,192 | 158,430 |
| Israel | 32 | 1:267,426 | 24,032 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Inau (721) may also be a first name.
Inau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Inau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Inau (Hindi: इनाऊ) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Inau? popularity and diffusion
Inau is the 553,576th most widely held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 12,651,989 people. The surname Inau is predominantly found in Oceania, where 47 percent of Inau reside; 47 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 47 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 307,326th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 721 people.
The last name Inau is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 270 people, or 1 in 30,199. In Papua New Guinea Inau is mostly concentrated in: Central, where 38 percent are found, West Sepik, where 20 percent are found and National Capital District, where 13 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 17 percent are found and Malaysia, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Inau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Inau in the Hindi language | ||
| इनाऊ | ina'u | 87.5 |
| इनाउ | ina'u | 12.5 |
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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
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- 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 Inau
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