Lewai Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Lewai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Lewai (91) may also be a first name.
Lewai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lewai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lewai is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lewai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,894,523rd most widespread surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. This surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 59 percent of Lewai are found; 59 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 50 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 998,282nd most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 91 people.
Lewai is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 189,621. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Enga, where 33 percent reside, Southern Highlands, where 33 percent reside and Bougainville, where 16 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 18 percent reside and Pakistan, where 10 percent reside.
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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 Lewai
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