Lauai Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Lauai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Lauai (13) may also be a first name.
Lauai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lauai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lauai is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lauai? popularity and diffusion
Lauai is the 2,909,720th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 87 percent of Lauai live; 87 percent live in Oceania Islands and 87 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 13 people.
The last name Lauai is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 209,070. In Papua New Guinea Lauai is mostly found in: Bougainville, where 72 percent are found and Central, where 28 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 7 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Lauai
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