Suwae Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Suwae Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Suwae Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia921:1,437,49197,733
Thailand331:2,140,556247,258
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Suwae Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Suwae Come From? nationality or country of origin

Suwae occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Suwae? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,465,390th most widely held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 73 percent of Suwae live; 73 percent live in Oceania Islands and 73 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 1,437,491. In Indonesia it is most common in: Papua, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Indonesia this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 23 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Suwaed913/
Suwaer911/
Souwae911/
Suwaet911/
Suwayye836/
Suwahed831/
Juwae8010/
Zuwae802/
Suwoe802/
Suvae801/
Saubae734/
Sowahe733/
Zouwae731/
Soowae731/
Juwaee731/
Suwahi731/
Shuwaiyer711/
Suibaea6726/
Zuwaher679/
Subahey672/
Shuvaez671/
Subeaei671/
Seuwoua671/
Showaae670/

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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 Suwae
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