Johnwan Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

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

Johnwan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Johnwan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Ivory Coast41:5,767,80855,416
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Johnwan (10) may also be a first name.

Johnwan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Johnwan is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Johnwan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,532,898th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 74 percent of Johnwan are found; 74 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 74 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Johnwan is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held given name on earth, borne by 10 people.

The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea Johnwan is primarily concentrated in: Enga, where 79 percent live and Hela, where 21 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 21 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Johnwain933/
Johnwayne886/
Jhanwan862/
Jonwane861/
Johnwon861/
Jahanwan807/
Joonhwan801/
Jhonwane801/
Janwan77156/
Jomwan7774/
Jonban771/
Jonuan771/
Jomnuan718/
Jeanwan714/
Joonuan712/
Jonwong712/
Jianwan712/
Janwhan711/
Janwean711/
Jamnwan711/
Eyonwan711/
Janwatin679/
Joonnuan674/
Jongnuan671/
Janweang671/

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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 Johnwan
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