Kawain Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Kawain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
Kawain (29) may also be a first name.
Kawain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kawain is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawain? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,908,606th most common surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Kawain occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Kawain reside; 75 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 75 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Kawain is also the 1,951,561st most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 29 people.
This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Enga, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea Kawain occurs in one country. It is also common in Japan, where 25 percent live.
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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 Kawain
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