Nyawai Surname
Approximately 921 people bear this surname
Nyawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 835 | 1:35,322 | 2,961 |
| Indonesia | 34 | 1:3,889,682 | 201,134 |
| Zimbabwe | 32 | 1:482,445 | 40,356 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Nyawai (250) may also be a first name.
Nyawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyawai is found in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyawai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 385,671st most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 7,912,645 people. The surname Nyawai occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Nyawai are found; 94 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 94 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Nyawai is also the 563,826th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 250 people.
It is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is held by 835 people, or 1 in 35,322. In Malaysia Nyawai is most common in: Sarawak, where 92 percent reside, Kuala Lumpur, where 3 percent reside and Sabah, where 1 percent reside. Not including Malaysia it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 4 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 3 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 Nyawai
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