Pawae Surname

219,780th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,860 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Pawae Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pawae Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1,5591:84,8308,915
Philippines2281:444,02754,717
India341:22,560,747316,052
Thailand311:2,278,656255,572
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Pawae Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pawae Come From? nationality or country of origin

Pawae has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pawae? popularity and diffusion

It is the 219,780th most common last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 3,918,035 people. The last name Pawae occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Pawae reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 94 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The surname Pawae is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 1,559 people, or 1 in 84,830. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Maluku, where 97 percent are found, Central Sulawesi, where 1 percent are found and South Sulawesi, where 1 percent are found. Not including Indonesia Pawae is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 12 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pawaet919/
Pawaey916/
Pawaed912/
Pawaej911/
Pauwae911/
Pahwaer831/
Pawajie831/
Pavae8016/
Pawoe803/
Pewae802/
Powae801/
Paweu801/
Pabahe7363/
Pavaes739/
Pawahi735/
Pohwae734/
Peewae732/
Paweay732/
Pewahe731/
Pawoua731/
Paweuh731/
Pavaet731/
Pawä671/

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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 Pawae
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