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
The last name Sewei (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺳﻮﻳﻠﻚ) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sewei.
How Common Is The Last Name Sewei? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,373,373rd most prevalent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 53 percent of Sewei are found; 53 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 53 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 27 people.
The last name Sewei is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea Sewei is primarily concentrated in: West Sepik, where 63 percent live and Madang, where 38 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 35 percent live and Indonesia, where 6 percent live.
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
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- 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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