Chiwei Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Chiwei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Chiwei (15,692) may also be a first name.
Chiwei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiwei is found most frequently in Taiwan. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 75 percent of Chiwei reside; 75 percent reside in East Asia and 75 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. Chiwei is also the 44,996th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 15,692 people.
The surname Chiwei is most commonly held in Taiwan, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 2,930,593. In Taiwan it is most common in: New Taipei City, where 88 percent reside and Kaohsiung City, where 13 percent reside. Besides Taiwan Chiwei exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent reside and China, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Chiwei
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