Sewei Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Sewei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Sewei (27) may also be a first name.
Sewei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sewei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sewei (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺳﻮﻳﻠﻚ) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sewei? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,373,373rd most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname Sewei occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 53 percent of Sewei live; 53 percent live in Oceania Islands and 53 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Sewei is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 27 people.
The surname Sewei is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea Sewei is most common in: West Sepik, where 63 percent are found and Madang, where 38 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 35 percent are found and Indonesia, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sewei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sewei in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺳﻮﻳﻠﻚ | aswylk | - |
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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 Sewei
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