Naiwai Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Naiwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Solomon Islands | 8 | 1:72,504 | 14,153 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Naiwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Naiwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Naiwai is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Naiwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,730,171st most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Naiwai are found; 96 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 68 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Naiwai is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 429,143. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: East Sepik, where 74 percent reside and West Sepik, where 26 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 29 percent reside and Thailand, where 4 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 Naiwai
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