Maui Surname
Approximately 440 people bear this surname
Maui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 116 | 1:70,291 | 9,164 |
| Solomon Islands | 77 | 1:7,533 | 1,189 |
| New Caledonia | 47 | 1:5,877 | 1,249 |
| French Polynesia | 43 | 1:6,530 | 1,442 |
| American Samoa | 41 | 1:1,360 | 222 |
| Cook Islands | 23 | 1:790 | 147 |
| Malaysia | 20 | 1:1,474,711 | 61,770 |
| Israel | 17 | 1:503,390 | 37,521 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 14 | 1:3,899 | 389 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Maui (1,043) may also be a first name.
Maui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maui Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maui (Bengali: মাউই, Hindi: मौइ, Oriya: େମୗଇ) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maui? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 677,464th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 16,562,604 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 82 percent of Maui are found; 82 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 26 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 248,067th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 1,043 people.
Maui is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 116 people, or 1 in 70,291. In Papua New Guinea Maui is most common in: Chimbu, where 25 percent reside, East Sepik, where 23 percent reside and Bougainville, where 20 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 18 percent reside and New Caledonia, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maui Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maui in the Bengali language | ||
| মাউই | ma'u'i | - |
| Maui in the Oriya language | ||
| େମୗଇ | ema'i | - |
| Maui in the Hindi language | ||
| मौइ | mau'i | 50 |
| मौइकबाल | mau'ikabala | 25 |
| मौई | mau'i | 25 |
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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 Maui
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