Paewai Surname
Approximately 247 people bear this surname
Paewai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 147 | 1:30,805 | 5,355 |
| Australia | 80 | 1:337,446 | 28,659 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Paewai (16) may also be a first name.
Paewai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paewai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Paewai is borne by more people in New Zealand than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Paewai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,022,958th most frequent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Paewai live; 92 percent live in Australasia and 92 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. Paewai is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 16 people.
Paewai is most commonly held in New Zealand, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 30,805. In New Zealand Paewai is most frequent in: Manawatu Wanganui Region, where 47 percent are found, Auckland Region, where 16 percent are found and Waikato Region, where 13 percent are found. Not including New Zealand Paewai is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 32 percent are found and Indonesia, 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 Paewai
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