Kwayai Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Kwayai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 44 | 1:185,312 | 25,733 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kwayai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwayai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kwayai occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwayai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kwayai is the 2,909,720th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Kwayai live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 98 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 185,312. In Papua New Guinea Kwayai is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwayie | 83 | 824 | / |
| Kuayai | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kwayui | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kweaai | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kweyai | 83 | 1 | / |
| Khwaiai | 77 | 18 | / |
| Kwayiep | 77 | 11 | / |
| Kwahayi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kwayaha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwayieh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwaye | 73 | 338 | / |
| Kwaie | 73 | 9 | / |
| Kwaei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khwaye | 67 | 183 | / |
| Kwajja | 67 | 176 | / |
| Kwehai | 67 | 65 | / |
| Kwajji | 67 | 32 | / |
| Kwejay | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kwajua | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kuiyai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kwayey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwaiye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kgwaie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwoyui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwaiji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cwiyai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwaayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwajei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwahae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kweyei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwayhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwaaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kweyie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbayai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- 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 Kwayai
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