Panawai Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Panawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
The alternate forms: Panawaï (1) are calculated separately.
Panawai (3,009) may also be a first name.
Panawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Panawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Panawai (Hindi: पानवाई) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Panawaï. For other possible spellings of Panawai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Panawai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,665,662nd most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 52 percent of Panawai are found; 52 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 52 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Panawai is also the 131,895th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 3,009 people.
This last name is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Jiwaka, where 100 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 38 percent live and Indonesia, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Panawai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Panawai in the Hindi language | ||
| पानवाई | panava'i | 66.67 |
| पानवाइ | panava'i | 16.67 |
| पानावाइ | panava'i | 16.67 |
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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
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- 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 Panawai
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