Kawui Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Kawui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Kawui (18) may also be a first name.
Kawui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawui Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kawui is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kawui click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawui? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kawui is the 3,602,217th most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 60 percent of Kawui reside; 60 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 60 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Kawui is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring given name globally, held by 18 people.
The surname Kawui is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea Kawui is most numerous in: West Sepik, where 88 percent reside, Central, where 6 percent reside and Hela, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 40 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 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 Kawui
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