Sarawai Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Sarawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Sarawai (20) may also be a first name.
Sarawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sarawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sarawai occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sarawai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sarawai? popularity and diffusion
Sarawai is the 3,882,373rd most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Sarawai reside; 92 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 92 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Sarawai is also the 2,446,817th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 20 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 7,347,177. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: West Papua, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia Sarawai is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 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 Sarawai
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