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
Lewai is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Lewai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lewai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,894,523rd most numerous family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 59 percent of Lewai live; 59 percent live in Oceania Islands and 50 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Lewai is also the 998,282nd most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 91 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 189,621. In Papua New Guinea Lewai is most common in: Enga, where 33 percent reside, Southern Highlands, where 33 percent reside and Bougainville, where 16 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea Lewai occurs in 10 countries. It is also common 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
- 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 Lewai
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