Malawai Surname
Approximately 211 people bear this surname
Malawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 170 | 1:415,520 | 72,834 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Malawai (65) may also be a first name.
Malawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malawai is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Malawai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malawai? popularity and diffusion
Malawai is the 1,140,742nd most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,538,132 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 91 percent of Malawai reside; 91 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 81 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Malawai is also the 1,212,820th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 65 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Thailand, where it is carried by 170 people, or 1 in 415,520. In Thailand it is most common in: Sakon Nakhon Province, where 72 percent reside, Nong Khai Province, where 21 percent reside and Bangkok, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Thailand this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 10 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 8 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 Malawai
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