Manawatu Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Manawatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Manawatu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand721:62,8939,679
Australia171:1,587,98278,599
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Manawatu (18) may also be a first name.

Manawatu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Manawatu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Manawatu is most common in New Zealand. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Manawatu.

How Common Is The Last Name Manawatu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,967,751st most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Manawatu live; 99 percent live in Australasia and 99 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. Manawatu is also the 2,608,198th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 18 people.

Manawatu is most numerous in New Zealand, where it is borne by 72 people, or 1 in 62,893. In New Zealand it is mostly concentrated in: Canterbury Region, where 63 percent reside, Manawatu Wanganui Region, where 25 percent reside and West Coast Region, where 11 percent reside. Aside from New Zealand this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 19 percent reside and Malaysia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Manavatu883/
Manavathu8213/
Manabotu759/
Monavatu751/
Manabothu7114/
Manovathu711/
Meenavathu674/
Moonavathu671/
Monavhathu671/
Monabotu634/

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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 Manawatu
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