Posiawai Surname
3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea
Posiawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
Posiawai (12) may also be a first name.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phosawai | 88 | 1 | / |
| Posawa | 86 | 163 | / |
| Posawat | 80 | 568 | / |
| Posawad | 80 | 27 | / |
| Pusawai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Posawas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Posiabi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pasiawi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Posabai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Poosawad | 75 | 24 | / |
| Phosawad | 75 | 20 | / |
| Poosawas | 75 | 20 | / |
| Poosawat | 75 | 17 | / |
| Posawatz | 75 | 13 | / |
| Poussawa | 75 | 13 | / |
| Padsawai | 75 | 6 | / |
| Potsawat | 75 | 6 | / |
| Passawai | 75 | 5 | / |
| Putsawai | 75 | 4 | / |
| Poshabai | 75 | 3 | / |
| Phosawas | 75 | 3 | / |
| Pousawat | 75 | 1 | / |
| Phoshawi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Possawat | 75 | 1 | / |
| Photsawat | 71 | 1,139 | / |
| Pasawa | 71 | 310 | / |
| Pasawi | 71 | 54 | / |
| Posava | 71 | 7 | / |
| Phoosawat | 71 | 6 | / |
| Pusawa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Posaba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Phoosawad | 71 | 3 | / |
| Phochawai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Phosahwat | 71 | 2 | / |
| Poohsawat | 71 | 2 | / |
| Phatsawai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Phoosawas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phadsawai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pootsawad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pootsawat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Passawa | 67 | 276 | / |
| Posavad | 67 | 180 | / |
| Pasaway | 67 | 32 | / |
| Paasawa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Posiowaych | 67 | 14 | / |
| Pusawat | 67 | 11 | / |
| Pasawad | 67 | 7 | / |
| Pashawi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Padsawa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pasavai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pasawid | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pasawas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poohsawatt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Posavat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poshava | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pasawau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pashawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pousaba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pusawio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pasawea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pasawis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pociava | 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
- 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 Posiawai
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