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 last name Nowai is more commonly found 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 this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nowai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nowai is the 1,518,885th most common last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. The surname Nowai occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 74 percent of Nowai live; 74 percent live in Oceania Islands and 73 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Nowai is also the 49,410th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 13,696 people.
Nowai is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 100 people, or 1 in 81,537. In Papua New Guinea Nowai is most numerous in: Madang, where 18 percent reside, Chimbu, where 17 percent reside and Jiwaka, where 15 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 11 percent reside and Brazil, where 7 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 Nowai
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