Ruawai Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Ruawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 42 | 1:107,817 | 14,061 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
Ruawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ruawai is more commonly found in New Zealand than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruawai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,605,694th most common last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Ruawai are found; 100 percent are found in Australasia and 100 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.
This surname is most commonly held in New Zealand, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 107,817. In New Zealand Ruawai is most frequent in: Northland Region, where 29 percent live, Wellington Region, where 24 percent live and Canterbury Region, where 14 percent live. Besides New Zealand this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 24 percent live.
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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 Ruawai
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