Prawa Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Prawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Prawa (76) may also be a first name.
Prawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Prawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Prawa (Hindi: प्रणव) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Prawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,485,539th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Prawa is mostly found in Asia, where 47 percent of Prawa live; 38 percent live in Oceania Islands and 38 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,107,702nd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 76 people.
This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Eastern Highlands, where 67 percent reside and Morobe, where 33 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 28 percent reside and Thailand, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Prawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Prawa in the Hindi language | ||
| प्रणव | pranava | - |
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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 Prawa
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