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 more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palewai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Palewai is the 1,374,607th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Palewai live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Palewai is also the 561,423rd most widespread given name internationally, borne by 252 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 842,352. In Indonesia Palewai is mostly found in: South Sulawesi, where 75 percent live, Central Sulawesi, where 9 percent live and Southeast Sulawesi, where 8 percent live. Outside of Indonesia Palewai is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 1 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 1 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 Palewai
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