Nowai Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Nowai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 100 | 1:81,537 | 10,792 |
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
Nowai (13,696) may also be a first name.
Nowai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nowai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nowai is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nowai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,518,885th most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 74 percent of Nowai reside; 74 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 73 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Nowai is also the 49,410th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 13,696 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 100 people, or 1 in 81,537. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Madang, where 18 percent are found, Chimbu, where 17 percent are found and Jiwaka, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 11 percent are found and Brazil, where 7 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 Nowai
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