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
Suwau is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Suwau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,237,939th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Suwau are found; 97 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 97 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held given name throughout the world, held by 10 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 116,482. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: East Sepik, where 57 percent are found and West Sepik, where 43 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea Suwau exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 1 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
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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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