Giw Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Giw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 19 | 1:4,041,185 | 108,332 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Giw (13) may also be a first name.
Giw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Giw Come From? nationality or country of origin
Giw has its highest incidence in Iran. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Giw? popularity and diffusion
The last name Giw is the 4,034,050th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Giw live; 79 percent live in South Asia and 79 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name on earth, held by 13 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 4,041,185. In Iran it is most frequent in: Kermanshah Province, where 100 percent live. Barring Iran it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 8 percent live and Poland, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giwe | 86 | 637 | / |
| Guiw | 86 | 6 | / |
| Giws | 86 | 5 | / |
| Ghiw | 86 | 3 | / |
| Gaiw | 86 | 2 | / |
| Giew | 86 | 2 | / |
| Giwh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Giwf | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sgiw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Qgiw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gaiwe | 75 | 276 | / |
| Gaiws | 75 | 5 | / |
| Goiwe | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ghiwe | 75 | 3 | / |
| Giewe | 75 | 2 | / |
| Gijsw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Goiws | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ghiwh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dgiew | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gib | 67 | 523 | / |
| Gif | 67 | 147 | / |
| Siw | 67 | 140 | / |
| Gew | 67 | 81 | / |
| Jiw | 67 | 72 | / |
| Giwova | 67 | 62 | / |
| Giv | 67 | 34 | / |
| Ziw | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ciw | 67 | 6 | / |
| Gyw | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gjw | 67 | 3 | / |
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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 Giw
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