Suwau Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Suwau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 70 | 1:116,482 | 15,803 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Suwau (10) may also be a first name.
Suwau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Suwau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Suwau is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Suwau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,237,939th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Suwau reside; 97 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 97 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Suwau is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 10 people.
Suwau is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 116,482. In Papua New Guinea Suwau is primarily concentrated in: East Sepik, where 57 percent reside and West Sepik, where 43 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 1 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Suwau
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