Zewam Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

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

Zewam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zewam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
Libya41:1,560,9943,087

Zewam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Zewam has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zewam? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,307,654th most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 81 percent of Zewam are found; 81 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 81 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Zewam is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea Zewam is primarily concentrated in: Morobe, where 94 percent live and Madang, where 6 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea Zewam exists in one country. It is also found in Libya, where 19 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zawam80606/
Zewan8023/
Zowam8017/
Sewam8011/
Cewam802/
Zebam801/
Zewain73399/
Zehwan739/
Dzewom737/
Zawwam734/
Dzebam733/
Zawaam732/
Zewane731/
Zeewan731/
Jewaum731/
Zewoum731/
Zewaan731/
Zebamm730/
Dzewoom676/
Sewaham671/
Tchewam671/

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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 Zewam
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