Jawei Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Jawei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jawei (15) may also be a first name.
Jawei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jawei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jawei occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Jawei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jawei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,812,366th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 55 percent of Jawei are found; 55 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 55 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Jawei is also the 2,900,335th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 15 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 4,915,704. In Malaysia it is primarily concentrated in: Sarawak, where 100 percent reside. Beside Malaysia Jawei is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 27 percent reside and England, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Jawei
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