Ulawa Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Ulawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Ulawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ulawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ulawa is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ulawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Ulawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,812,366th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 73 percent of Ulawa live; 73 percent live in Oceania Islands and 64 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Ulawa is primarily found in: Madang, where 57 percent live, Chimbu, where 14 percent live and East New Britain, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea Ulawa exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 27 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 9 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
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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 Ulawa
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