Takawai Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

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

Takawai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Takawai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea231:354,50947,011
Cameroon111:1,888,09798,267

Takawai Last Name Facts

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

The last name Takawai occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Takawai.

How Common Is The Last Name Takawai? popularity and diffusion

The surname Takawai is the 3,373,373rd most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname Takawai occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 68 percent of Takawai live; 68 percent live in Oceania Islands and 68 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The surname Takawai is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 354,509. In Papua New Guinea Takawai is most common in: Bougainville, where 96 percent reside and Jiwaka, where 4 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 32 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
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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 Takawai
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