Kinwai Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

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

Kinwai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kinwai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Kinwai (1,019) may also be a first name.

Kinwai Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kinwai occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kinwai click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kinwai? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most common family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Kinwai occurs mostly in Oceania, where 77 percent of Kinwai live; 77 percent live in Oceania Islands and 77 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kinwai is also the 251,554th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 1,019 people.

Kinwai is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Madang, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khinwai921/
Kinwa91358/
Kinwi91129/
Kinway8327/
Kinwad8321/
Kenwai8321/
Kinwah835/
Kainwa835/
Kinwii833/
Kienwa831/
Kinwui831/
Keinwa831/
Kinwei831/
Kinwua831/
Knwi801/
Keinway776/
Chinwai775/
Kienwah772/
Kimwayi771/
Kenwaia771/
Koinway771/
Cinwayi771/
Kenwi73206/
Kinua73204/
Kenwa73181/
Kinui73147/
Kinwe731/
Knwei731/
Kenway671,160/
Chinwi67283/
Chinwa67241/
Kimwii67117/
Kenwat6764/
Keanwa6717/
Qinbai6711/
Kinwou6710/
Kuenwa6710/
Qinwei678/
Kyonwa674/
Kenwah673/
Kenwie673/
Keenwi673/
Qunwai672/
Cinway672/
Kinuie672/
Kuenwi671/
Keenwa671/
Kuinui671/
Knmbai671/
Kenwii671/
Kinwes671/
Kinuay671/
Kainwe671/
Kinbea671/
Kemnwa671/

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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 Kinwai
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