Samawai Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Samawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Samawai (90) may also be a first name.
Samawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samawai is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Samawai.
How Common Is The Last Name Samawai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samawai is the 8,968,613th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Samawai are found; 75 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 75 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,005,046th most numerous forename on earth, held by 90 people.
The surname Samawai is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 66,124,597. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: North Maluku, where 100 percent live. Outside of Indonesia Samawai occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 25 percent live and Malaysia, where 25 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 Samawai
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