Sipawai Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Sipawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Sipawai (14) may also be a first name.
Sipawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sipawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sipawai is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sipawai.
How Common Is The Last Name Sipawai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,391,485th most commonly used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Sipawai live; 92 percent live in Oceania Islands and 92 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Sipawai is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring forename at a global level. It is borne by 14 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea Sipawai is most numerous in: Bougainville, where 67 percent reside and Jiwaka, where 33 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sipawa | 92 | 299 | / |
| Sipawi | 92 | 35 | / |
| Sipabai | 86 | 42 | / |
| Sipaway | 86 | 35 | / |
| Sipawah | 86 | 2 | / |
| Saipawi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shipawa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sippawit | 80 | 8 | / |
| Sipabhai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sipowa | 77 | 229 | / |
| Sepawi | 77 | 212 | / |
| Sipewa | 77 | 46 | / |
| Sipawe | 77 | 6 | / |
| Sepawa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Sipava | 77 | 2 | / |
| Siphabhai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chipawa | 71 | 746 | / |
| Sipauba | 71 | 608 | / |
| Sipouwa | 71 | 195 | / |
| Sipaeva | 71 | 48 | / |
| Sipeuwa | 71 | 30 | / |
| Sepawie | 71 | 14 | / |
| Sipaibi | 71 | 6 | / |
| Shipewa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Shipawy | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sipavat | 71 | 3 | / |
| Siepowa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sepaway | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sipoewa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sippewa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saiphabhai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shipava | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sepawih | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sipaaba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shipaeva | 67 | 416 | / |
| Chipaswa | 67 | 106 | / |
| Chipaway | 67 | 37 | / |
| Sipowich | 67 | 15 | / |
| Sipabiye | 67 | 10 | / |
| Sipavich | 67 | 9 | / |
| Chespawi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sippawes | 67 | 2 | / |
| Siepouwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sipovaia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jitpawat | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chiphawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sieppowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sipaivah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shipovaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schipawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saipavat | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sipawai
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