Inowai Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Inowai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Inowai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Inowai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Inowai 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 Inowai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Inowai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Inowai is the 4,908,606th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 88 percent of Inowai reside; 88 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 88 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea Inowai is primarily concentrated in: West Sepik, where 64 percent live, Gulf, where 21 percent live and Chimbu, where 7 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 13 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
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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 Inowai
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