Kuyai Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Kuyai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 51 | 1:159,877 | 22,106 |
| Thailand | 28 | 1:2,522,798 | 271,580 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Kuyai (53) may also be a first name.
Kuyai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuyai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kuyai is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuyai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,075,631st most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 62 percent of Kuyai live; 62 percent live in Oceania Islands and 62 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,366,219th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 53 people.
Kuyai is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 159,877. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Hela, where 90 percent live, National Capital District, where 6 percent live and East Sepik, where 4 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 34 percent live and Kenya, where 2 percent live.
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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 Kuyai
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