Mowai Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Mowai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Mowai (20) may also be a first name.
Mowai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mowai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mowai has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mowai? popularity and diffusion
Mowai is the 3,602,217th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name Mowai is mostly found in Oceania, where 80 percent of Mowai are found; 80 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 80 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 20 people.
Mowai is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 339,738. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Western, where 63 percent are found, Morobe, where 13 percent are found and Madang, where 8 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 13 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Mowai
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