Pwai Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Pwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Islands | 33 | 1:17,577 | 3,381 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Pwai (38) may also be a first name.
Pwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pwai occurs more in The Solomon Islands more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Pwai.
How Common Is The Last Name Pwai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pwai is the 2,808,717th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 69 percent of Pwai are found; 69 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 69 percent are found in Solomonic Oceania. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 38 people.
This surname is most commonly held in The Solomon Islands, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 17,577. In The Solomon Islands it is mostly found in: Malaita Province, where 97 percent reside and Makira Province, where 3 percent reside. Besides The Solomon Islands Pwai occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 21 percent reside and Malawi, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pwaji | 89 | 5 | / |
| Mpwai | 89 | 4 | / |
| Pwait | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pwaii | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pwaie | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pwa | 86 | 55 | / |
| Pwi | 86 | 38 | / |
| Mpwaji | 80 | 210 | / |
| Mpwayi | 80 | 12 | / |
| Pwahai | 80 | 4 | / |
| Bwai | 75 | 670 | / |
| Pwea | 75 | 54 | / |
| Pway | 75 | 14 | / |
| Ppwi | 75 | 5 | / |
| Pwie | 75 | 4 | / |
| Phwa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Pwei | 75 | 3 | / |
| Pwha | 75 | 2 | / |
| Vwai | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pwah | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pwau | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pwij | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pwid | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pwgi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pwaz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pwio | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pwua | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pwwi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pwyi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pwaa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pfwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bpwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bpwi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mphwayi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pehewai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Puaji | 67 | 138 | / |
| Phway | 67 | 45 | / |
| Puaia | 67 | 44 | / |
| Bwayi | 67 | 21 | / |
| Pweji | 67 | 21 | / |
| Bhwai | 67 | 10 | / |
| Pwaya | 67 | 9 | / |
| Pwe'a | 67 | 9 | / |
| Pwiya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Pw'ad | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bwaji | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hpway | 67 | 3 | / |
| Puayi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mpwaa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pweyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pwayo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pwist | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pweya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mpehewai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pwahe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pwajo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Npwih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pwatz | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Pwai
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