Palewai Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Palewai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 157 | 1:842,352 | 63,704 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Palewai (252) may also be a first name.
Palewai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palewai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palewai is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Palewai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Palewai is the 1,374,607th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 45,547,162 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Palewai live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 561,423rd most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 252 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 842,352. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: South Sulawesi, where 75 percent reside, Central Sulawesi, where 9 percent reside and Southeast Sulawesi, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 1 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 1 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 Palewai
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