Ngawai Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Ngawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | 1:156,802 | 21,647 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
Ngawai (180) may also be a first name.
Ngawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngawai occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngawai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,121,169th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. The surname Ngawai is mostly found in Oceania, where 67 percent of Ngawai are found; 66 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 66 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Ngawai is also the 679,247th most widespread forename worldwide. It is borne by 180 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 156,802. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Morobe, where 98 percent live and Hela, where 2 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea Ngawai occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 16 percent live and Malaysia, where 9 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
- 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 Ngawai
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