Korowai Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Korowai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Islands | 12 | 1:48,336 | 9,616 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Korowai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Korowai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Korowai has its highest incidence in The Solomon Islands. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Korowai.
How Common Is The Last Name Korowai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Korowai is the 4,206,983rd most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Korowai occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Korowai reside; 95 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 55 percent reside in Solomonic Oceania.
This last name is most commonly held in The Solomon Islands, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 48,336. In The Solomon Islands it is most numerous in: Malaita Province, where 92 percent are found and Guadalcanal Province, where 8 percent are found. Beside The Solomon Islands Korowai is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 36 percent are found and Indonesia, where 5 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 Korowai
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