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 held by more people in New Zealand than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Paewai? popularity and diffusion
Paewai is the 1,022,958th most frequently used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 29,504,234 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Paewai are found; 92 percent are found in Australasia and 92 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. Paewai is also the 2,786,762nd most common first name worldwide, held by 16 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in New Zealand, where it is held by 147 people, or 1 in 30,805. In New Zealand it is primarily concentrated in: Manawatu Wanganui Region, where 47 percent live, Auckland Region, where 16 percent live and Waikato Region, where 13 percent live. Outside of New Zealand Paewai occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 32 percent live and Indonesia, where 7 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 Paewai
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