Okuai Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Okuai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Okuai Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Okuai (9) may also be a first name.

Okuai Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okuai Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Okuai is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Okuai click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okuai? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Okuai occurs mostly in Oceania, where 89 percent of Okuai live; 89 percent live in Oceania Islands and 89 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Okuai is also the 3,941,740th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 9 people.

It is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea Okuai is mostly concentrated in: Morobe, where 63 percent live, Jiwaka, where 25 percent live and Central, where 13 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akuai8031/
Ukuai8020/
Okuae8012/
Ekuai801/
Ocuai801/
Hakuai73114/
Ankuai734/
Okwahi733/
Ahkuai731/
Ogwuaei671/
Hankuai671/
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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 Okuai
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