Apiwa Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

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

Apiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Apiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea631:129,42417,695
India101:76,706,538639,611
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Apiwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Apiwa (Hindi: अपिवा) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Apiwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Apiwa is the 1,980,395th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 71 percent of Apiwa are found; 71 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 71 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 129,424. In Papua New Guinea Apiwa is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 87 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 13 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 11 percent live and Thailand, where 9 percent live.

Apiwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Apiwa last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aphiwa917/
Aupiwa913/
Gapiwa911/
Apiwaht831/
Apiwatt831/
Apuwa80556/
Apewa8057/
Apiva8025/
Opiwa8010/
Apiba806/
Apiwo805/
Epiwa803/
Apiwe802/
Apieva73743/
Apeawa7375/
Apuwai7337/
Apuwah7310/
Apeiwe737/
Hapiwi733/
Eapewa733/
Aphiwe732/
Apivat732/
Apoiwi732/
Aphiwo731/
Apewua731/
Appuwa731/
Aypiba731/
Apiewo731/
Aphuwa731/
Hapiva731/
Hapiba731/
Opeiwa731/
Apiwoh731/
Apaiswath711/
Aphaiswat711/
Apeawua6713/
Apoiwei6710/
Aypieva679/
Apeiwou674/
Hopeiwa671/
Apeiwoo671/
Apiowei671/
Apeewat671/
Apiwich671/
Apiwith671/

Apiwa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Apiwa in the Hindi language
अपिवाapiva-

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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 Apiwa
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