Kolwai Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Kolwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Kolwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kolwai occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kolwai.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolwai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kolwai is the 10,311,814th most frequently used surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Kolwai is primarily found in Oceania, where 67 percent of Kolwai are found; 67 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 67 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
Kolwai is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea Kolwai is mostly found in: Bougainville, where 50 percent are found and Chimbu, where 50 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea Kolwai occurs in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 33 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 Kolwai
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