Zawai Surname
Approximately 227 people bear this surname
Zawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 92 | 1:225,751 | 22,624 |
| Malaysia | 90 | 1:327,714 | 17,651 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Zawai (213) may also be a first name.
Zawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zawai occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zawai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zawai is the 1,085,744th most frequently used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 32,103,727 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 51 percent of Zawai live; 51 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Zawai is also the 619,385th most frequently used first name globally, held by 213 people.
The surname Zawai is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 225,751. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 80 percent live and North Region, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 40 percent live and Nigeria, where 11 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 Zawai
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