Kuiama Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Kuiama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Kuiama (17) may also be a first name.
Kuiama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuiama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kuiama is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuiama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,141,416th most frequently held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname Kuiama is predominantly found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Kuiama live; 92 percent live in Oceania Islands and 92 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kuiama is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name globally, held by 17 people.
This surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 226,492. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Madang, where 64 percent reside, Jiwaka, where 33 percent reside and National Capital District, where 3 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea Kuiama occurs in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Kuiama
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis