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.

Ipawi Surname Distribution Map

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 most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ipawi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ipawi is the 4,772,636th most frequently held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Ipawi is primarily found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Ipawi reside; 100 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 94 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,270,172nd most common first name throughout the world, held by 60 people.

The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne 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. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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
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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 Ipawi
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