Ipawi Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Ipawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ipawi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Ipawi (60) may also be a first name.

Ipawi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ipawi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ipawi is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ipawi? popularity and diffusion

Ipawi is the 4,772,636th most widespread last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Ipawi live; 100 percent live in Oceania Islands and 94 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Ipawi is also the 1,270,172nd most frequently used forename throughout the world It is held by 60 people.

The surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea Ipawi is primarily concentrated in: Hela, where 69 percent live, Enga, where 25 percent live and West Sepik, where 6 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea Ipawi exists in one country. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hipawi911/
Ipabi806/
Upawi802/
Ipawa801/
Aipawe7338/
Ipaviz7311/
Ipaywa732/
Ippavi731/
Ipabai731/
Ipaiva731/
Hipowit6722/
Ipavich678/
Ippaviz673/
Hipawet673/
Hepawit671/
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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 Ipawi
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