Nawau Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Nawau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
Nawau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nawau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nawau occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nawau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,213,395th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 57 percent of Nawau reside; 57 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 57 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea Nawau is primarily concentrated in: Morobe, where 67 percent live, Bougainville, where 17 percent live and West Sepik, where 17 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea Nawau occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 36 percent live and Indonesia, where 14 percent live.
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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 Nawau
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