Touwai Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Touwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Touwai (59) may also be a first name.
Touwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Touwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Touwai is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Touwai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,307,654th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Touwai is predominantly found in Oceania, where 86 percent of Touwai live; 86 percent live in Oceania Islands and 86 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Touwai is also the 1,282,666th most prevalent given name world-wide, borne by 59 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Morobe, where 56 percent live, National Capital District, where 39 percent live and East New Britain, where 6 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 10 percent live and Niger, where 5 percent live.
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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 Touwai
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