Fiwa Surname

674,066th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 443 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Fiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi3401:50,3507,017
Cameroon631:329,66830,059
Papua New Guinea211:388,27250,829
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Fiwa (144) may also be a first name.

Fiwa Last Name Facts

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

Fiwa is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fiwa? popularity and diffusion

Fiwa is the 674,066th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 16,450,442 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Fiwa reside; 77 percent reside in Southern Africa and 77 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Fiwa is also the 769,375th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 144 people.

The last name Fiwa is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Aside from Malawi this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 14 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Faiwa8921/
Feiwa892/
Fiwah891/
Faiwas8058/
Fiwahu8015/
Faiwah801/
Fiwach801/
Fiswas801/
Fieway801/
Fuwa757,267/
Fiva75283/
Fiba75251/
Fewa7566/
Viwa7535/
Fiwo7520/
Fiwi754/
Fiwe753/
Fywa751/
Fivaz671,844/
Faiva67197/
Vaiwa67145/
Fewai67110/
Fivas67101/
Fuuwa6782/
Fivat6758/
Fieva6755/
Fibai6750/
Faiwe6746/
Foiba6729/
Fuwai6726/
Faywa6722/
Fuwah6716/
Fiova6716/
Fajwa6711/
Faiba679/
Foiva678/
Feiba677/
Fibha676/
Fibay676/
Faiua676/
Feuwa674/
Faiwo673/
Phiwa673/
Fiwei673/
Fuiwi673/
Fiewo673/
Fiwey672/
Fuhwa672/
Pfuwa672/
Faiwi672/
Fiewi671/
Feewa671/
Fewau671/
Fioua671/
Fuwwa671/
Fiwuo671/
Vihwa671/
Fewaa671/
Fibau671/
Fivga671/
Feiwe671/
Fuiua671/
Fuiba671/
Fyowa671/
Feiva671/
Feway670/
Pfiva670/

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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 Fiwa
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