Mewai Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Mewai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Mewai (35) may also be a first name.
Mewai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mewai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mewai occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mewai.
How Common Is The Last Name Mewai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,427,875th most frequent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Mewai reside; 75 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 75 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Mewai is also the 1,744,716th most prevalent given name throughout the world, borne by 35 people.
The last name Mewai is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Madang, where 47 percent reside, Morobe, where 47 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 7 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 15 percent reside and India, where 5 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 Mewai
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