Lanawi Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Lanawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
Lanawi (35) may also be a first name.
Lanawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lanawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lanawi has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Lanawi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lanawi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,532,898th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 53 percent of Lanawi reside; 53 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 53 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Lanawi is also the 1,744,716th most commonly occurring given name in the world. It is borne by 35 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: East Sepik, where 100 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 47 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lanhawi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Latnawi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Lasnawai | 86 | 5 | / |
| Liasnawi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lanabi | 83 | 226 | / |
| Lanawa | 83 | 64 | / |
| Lannabi | 77 | 465 | / |
| Lanaway | 77 | 314 | / |
| Lannawa | 77 | 50 | / |
| Lainawa | 77 | 24 | / |
| Laanabi | 77 | 13 | / |
| Lamnawe | 77 | 11 | / |
| Lenawai | 77 | 9 | / |
| Lanovai | 77 | 4 | / |
| Lanaubi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Langavi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Lanabai | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lahnawa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lanaibi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lonawie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lanavoi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lanabhai | 71 | 141 | / |
| Lanovaia | 71 | 103 | / |
| Lanhavyi | 71 | 16 | / |
| Lanowich | 71 | 6 | / |
| Lanhavoi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Lanowith | 71 | 3 | / |
| Langavoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Llanaway | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lyangowi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lanava | 67 | 1,038 | / |
| Lanave | 67 | 534 | / |
| Lanowy | 67 | 36 | / |
| Lanevi | 67 | 19 | / |
| Lanabe | 67 | 17 | / |
| Langovaia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lenavi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lanovi | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lanowe | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Lanawi
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