Sinawai Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Sinawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 1:232,963 | 32,024 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Sinawai (58) may also be a first name.
Sinawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sinawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sinawai is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sinawai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,141,416th most commonly used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 90 percent of Sinawai reside; 90 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 90 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,295,729th most widespread forename worldwide, held by 58 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 232,963. In Papua New Guinea Sinawai is most frequent in: Chimbu, where 71 percent live, Eastern Highlands, where 26 percent live and Central, where 3 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 10 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 Sinawai
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