Suwei Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Suwei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 62 | 1:131,512 | 18,033 |
| Taiwan | 32 | 1:732,648 | 5,233 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| China | 14 | 1:97,665,826 | 5,141 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Suwei (1,087) may also be a first name.
Suwei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Suwei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Suwei is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Suwei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,459,453rd most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 52 percent of Suwei are found; 45 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 45 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 242,116th most numerous given name internationally It is held by 1,087 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 131,512. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: West Sepik, where 45 percent reside, Eastern Highlands, where 24 percent reside and East Sepik, where 16 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 22 percent reside and Indonesia, where 20 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 Suwei
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