Nawatu Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Nawatu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Nawatu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nawatu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nawatu is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nawatu.
How Common Is The Last Name Nawatu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nawatu is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Nawatu is predominantly found in Oceania, where 89 percent of Nawatu reside; 89 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 78 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
Nawatu is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Nawatu is mostly found in: West Sepik, where 86 percent reside and Madang, where 14 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Fiji, where 11 percent reside and Nigeria, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nawatau | 92 | 9 | / |
| Ngawatu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nawatou | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nawaitu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Navatu | 83 | 84 | / |
| Nowatu | 83 | 48 | / |
| Nabatu | 83 | 45 | / |
| Newatu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nabattu | 77 | 286 | / |
| Navathu | 77 | 84 | / |
| Nabaitu | 77 | 6 | / |
| Nawatoo | 77 | 5 | / |
| Nnawotu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Navaatu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nowaitu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nabatou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nabaatu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nnawuotu | 71 | 38 | / |
| Naavathu | 71 | 8 | / |
| Navaathu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nnabattu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nabaitou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nawoutou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nobatu | 67 | 20 | / |
| Navotu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nowetu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nevatu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nabotu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Navetu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nnaybattu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Novatu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nawatu
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