Alwise Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Alwise Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Alwise Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alwise Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alwise is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Alwise click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alwise? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Alwise is predominantly found in Oceania, where 60 percent of Alwise reside; 60 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 60 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea Alwise occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 20 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 Alwise
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