Jewei Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Jewei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 46 | 1:2,874,982 | 163,265 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Jewei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jewei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jewei (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺟﻮﻱ) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jewei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,605,694th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 84 percent of Jewei reside; 84 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 84 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname Jewei is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 2,874,982. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: West Papua, where 96 percent live and Papua, where 4 percent live. Barring Indonesia Jewei occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 15 percent live and The Philippines, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jewei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jewei in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺟﻮﻱ | ajwy | 66.67 |
| ﺍﺟﻮﻯ | ajwy | 33.33 |
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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 Jewei
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