Kanwae Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Kanwae Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Kanwae Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanwae Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanwae is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanwae? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Kanwae are found; 75 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 75 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea Kanwae is primarily found in: Enga, where 100 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent are found.
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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 Kanwae
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