Petawa Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Petawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Petawa (14) may also be a first name.
Petawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petawa is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Petawa is mostly found in Oceania, where 86 percent of Petawa are found; 86 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 86 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 14 people.
Petawa is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Western, where 83 percent live and Morobe, where 17 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaway | 92 | 115 | / |
| Pettaway | 86 | 2,787 | / |
| Patawa | 83 | 327 | / |
| Petava | 83 | 163 | / |
| Petawi | 83 | 69 | / |
| Pitawa | 83 | 50 | / |
| Petawe | 83 | 16 | / |
| Petawo | 83 | 14 | / |
| Potawa | 83 | 3 | / |
| Petaba | 83 | 2 | / |
| Petewa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Petaeva | 77 | 372 | / |
| Paetava | 77 | 210 | / |
| Paitawa | 77 | 68 | / |
| Patawai | 77 | 47 | / |
| Pithawa | 77 | 34 | / |
| Pattawa | 77 | 11 | / |
| Poetava | 77 | 6 | / |
| Peteway | 77 | 6 | / |
| Pataway | 77 | 6 | / |
| Pitaway | 77 | 4 | / |
| Pettawy | 77 | 4 | / |
| Peteuwa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Pathawa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Patawah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pitauwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peatava | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pataiwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pataawa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pettewa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Petavad | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pitawad | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pittaway | 71 | 2,966 | / |
| Petteway | 71 | 1,095 | / |
| Pettawee | 71 | 61 | / |
| Pattaway | 71 | 14 | / |
| Pethavad | 71 | 5 | / |
| Pettaeva | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pittawat | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pettoway | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pettewau | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pettewai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pettavad | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pittawga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pettawey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peetavat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pothawai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Patava | 67 | 4,113 | / |
| Peteva | 67 | 787 | / |
| Petova | 67 | 508 | / |
| Pitava | 67 | 243 | / |
| Petave | 67 | 177 | / |
| Pethabhai | 67 | 116 | / |
| Petavy | 67 | 109 | / |
| Patewa | 67 | 96 | / |
| Potava | 67 | 52 | / |
| Patowa | 67 | 29 | / |
| Petavi | 67 | 18 | / |
| Pitawe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Potowa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Peetaavat | 67 | 8 | / |
| Pitowa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Petaby | 67 | 2 | / |
| Phetthawi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pechtawee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pethaubau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Petthawee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Petabi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pitawo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pytava | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Petawa
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