Rawai Surname
Approximately 868 people bear this surname
Rawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 313 | 1:422,521 | 35,493 |
| Nigeria | 298 | 1:594,439 | 28,543 |
| Malaysia | 61 | 1:483,512 | 24,345 |
| Iraq | 58 | 1:603,822 | 9,381 |
| Papua New Guinea | 47 | 1:173,483 | 24,058 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Thailand | 23 | 1:3,071,232 | 294,953 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
Rawai (559) may also be a first name.
Rawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rawai is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rawai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 403,960th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 8,395,790 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 37 percent of Rawai are found; 37 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 37 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 355,721st most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 559 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 313 people, or 1 in 422,521. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: Papua, where 87 percent are found, North Sumatra, where 9 percent are found and Central Kalimantan, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Indonesia Rawai exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 34 percent are found and Malaysia, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Rawai
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