Baiwe Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Baiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Baiwe (11) may also be a first name.
Baiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Baiwe occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Baiwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,843,861st most commonly held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Baiwe are found; 47 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 47 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 11 people.
Baiwe is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 59 percent live, Eastern Highlands, where 18 percent live and Madang, where 14 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 28 percent live and Nigeria, where 15 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 Baiwe
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