Tonawi Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Tonawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
Tonawi (222) may also be a first name.
Tonawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tonawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tonawi occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tonawi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Tonawi occurs mostly in Oceania, where 67 percent of Tonawi are found; 67 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 67 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 605,116th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 222 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: West New Britain, where 50 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 38 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 25 percent reside and Suriname, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tonawai | 92 | 220 | / |
| Tonabi | 83 | 200 | / |
| Tanawi | 83 | 108 | / |
| Tonawa | 83 | 73 | / |
| Tenawi | 83 | 44 | / |
| Tonavi | 83 | 4 | / |
| Tonewi | 83 | 3 | / |
| Thongnawi | 80 | 7 | / |
| Thanawi | 77 | 14 | / |
| Tonowei | 77 | 7 | / |
| Tounawa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Tanawie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tonabei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Toinawe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tounawe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tohnawa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tanawai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thonngawai | 75 | 28 | / |
| Thanawai | 71 | 45 | / |
| Tonabhai | 71 | 4 | / |
| Tosnowiy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tanavi | 67 | 921 | / |
| Tenawe | 67 | 201 | / |
| Tanabi | 67 | 129 | / |
| Tanawe | 67 | 87 | / |
| Tanawa | 67 | 63 | / |
| Tunabi | 67 | 57 | / |
| Tunawa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Tonave | 67 | 12 | / |
| Thanawich | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tonava | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tenavi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tonevi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tonewe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tanewi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tonowe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tunavi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tenawy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tunowi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toongawee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tonobi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tonnowich | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tunawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tonabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tanawy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thanawish | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thongaive | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tonawi
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