Powai Surname
Approximately 106 people bear this surname
Powai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 80 | 1:101,921 | 13,735 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Powai (315) may also be a first name.
Powai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Powai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Powai (Arabic: بواي) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Powai.
How Common Is The Last Name Powai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Powai is the 1,785,358th most commonly used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 76 percent of Powai are found; 76 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 76 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Powai is also the 494,917th most frequent given name world-wide, borne by 315 people.
It is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 101,921. In Papua New Guinea Powai is mostly concentrated in: Enga, where 58 percent live, West Sepik, where 11 percent live and East Sepik, where 9 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea Powai exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 17 percent live and Thailand, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Powai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Powai in the Arabic language | ||
| بواي | bway | - |
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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 Powai
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