Orowai Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Orowai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Orowai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orowai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Orowai is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orowai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Orowai is the 4,034,050th most commonly used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Orowai are found; 100 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 100 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Orowai is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 354,509. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: West Sepik, where 70 percent live, Bougainville, where 26 percent live and Northern, where 4 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 4 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 Orowai
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