Petawi Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Petawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 66 | 1:123,541 | 16,840 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Petawi (13) may also be a first name.
Petawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petawi occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petawi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Petawi is the 2,293,424th most widespread last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname Petawi is mostly found in Oceania, where 96 percent of Petawi live; 96 percent live in Oceania Islands and 96 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Petawi is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 13 people.
The last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 123,541. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Hela, where 67 percent are found, National Capital District, where 23 percent are found and Enga, where 9 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 3 percent are found and Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patawi | 83 | 208 | / |
| Petavi | 83 | 18 | / |
| Petawe | 83 | 16 | / |
| Petawa | 83 | 7 | / |
| Potawi | 83 | 5 | / |
| Petabi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Phetthawi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Peytavi | 77 | 376 | / |
| Pothawi | 77 | 283 | / |
| Pattawi | 77 | 243 | / |
| Petaway | 77 | 115 | / |
| Patawai | 77 | 47 | / |
| Peitavi | 77 | 47 | / |
| Pathawi | 77 | 22 | / |
| Paetavi | 77 | 16 | / |
| Pettawy | 77 | 4 | / |
| Peetavi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Pethavi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Patawie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pietavi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Petavit | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peytabi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peitabi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pehtavi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pettaway | 71 | 2,787 | / |
| Peytavit | 71 | 73 | / |
| Pettawee | 71 | 61 | / |
| Patthawi | 71 | 9 | / |
| Peytavie | 71 | 8 | / |
| Piteawei | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pettewai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Peytavid | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phothawi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pettawey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pothawai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Patttawi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Potavi | 67 | 2,352 | / |
| Petevi | 67 | 607 | / |
| Patawe | 67 | 524 | / |
| Petave | 67 | 177 | / |
| Petava | 67 | 163 | / |
| Pethabhai | 67 | 116 | / |
| Petavy | 67 | 109 | / |
| Phatthawi | 67 | 102 | / |
| Patavi | 67 | 76 | / |
| Pitavi | 67 | 67 | / |
| Pitawa | 67 | 50 | / |
| Photthawi | 67 | 45 | / |
| Pitawe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Patawy | 67 | 6 | / |
| Potawe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Petobi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pechtawee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Petaby | 67 | 2 | / |
| Petewe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pettowish | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pitowi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Petthawee | 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 Petawi
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