Marawai Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Marawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
Marawai (36) may also be a first name.
Marawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Marawai is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Marawai.
How Common Is The Last Name Marawai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Marawai is the 2,689,253rd most common last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 40 percent of Marawai live; 40 percent live in Oceania Islands and 33 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Marawai is also the 1,717,090th most common first name internationally, borne by 36 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: East Sepik, where 47 percent live, Madang, where 24 percent live and Morobe, where 24 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 31 percent live and Malaysia, where 15 percent live.
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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 Marawai
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