Diw Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Sudan
Highest density in:
South Sudan

Diw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Diw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Sudan361:317,085679
Indonesia251:5,289,968246,176
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Diw (2,827) may also be a first name.

Diw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Diw (Oriya: ଡିୱ) is more frequently found in South Sudan than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Diw? popularity and diffusion

Diw is the 1,918,812th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. The last name Diw is mostly found in Africa, where 51 percent of Diw are found; 38 percent are found in East Africa and 38 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 137,059th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 2,827 people.

It is most frequently held in South Sudan, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 317,085. Barring South Sudan it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 27 percent live and Morocco, where 10 percent live.

Diw Last Name Statistics demography

Diw earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 50.61% less than the national average, earning $21,312 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Diew8611,746/
Diwe86495/
Deiw8611/
Daiw864/
Hdiw861/
Doiw861/
Dhiw861/
Diwf861/
Diws861/
Diwt861/
Diww861/
Dijwe75193/
Daiwe7523/
Dhiwe752/
Ddeiw752/
Deiwe751/
Diojw751/
Duiwe751/
Dhiew751/
Deiwz750/
Dib6750,095/
Dif6732,331/
Dew6718,769/
Div672,543/
Dyw678/
Deiwth672/
Difowa672/
Djw671/
Daihwe671/
Diwowa671/

Diw Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Diw in the Oriya language
ଡିୱdiwa-

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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 Diw
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