Kumau Surname
Approximately 199 people bear this surname
Kumau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 127 | 1:64,202 | 8,352 |
| Indonesia | 50 | 1:2,644,984 | 153,918 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Kumau (151) may also be a first name.
Kumau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kumau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kumau (Hindi: कुमार, Marathi: मौय) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kumau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,189,614th most numerous family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 36,620,834 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 84 percent of Kumau reside; 84 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 84 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Kumau is also the 749,223rd most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 151 people.
The surname Kumau is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 64,202. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: East New Britain, where 30 percent are found, East Sepik, where 26 percent are found and New Ireland, where 26 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 25 percent are found and India, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kumau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kumau in the Marathi language | ||
| मौय | mauya | 50 |
| कुमाऊ | kuma'u | 50 |
| Kumau in the Hindi language | ||
| कुमार | kumara | 36.36 |
| कुमाउ | kuma'u | 27.27 |
| कुमाऊ | kuma'u | 18.18 |
| कुमऊ | kuma'u | 9.09 |
| कुमौ | kumau | 9.09 |
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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 Kumau
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