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 occurs most in Iran. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Giw? popularity and diffusion
The surname Giw is the 4,034,050th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Giw occurs predominantly in Asia, where 92 percent of Giw reside; 79 percent reside in South Asia and 79 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring forename on earth, borne by 13 people.
It is most widely held in Iran, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 4,041,185. In Iran it is most prevalent in: Kermanshah Province, where 100 percent reside. Barring Iran this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 8 percent reside and Poland, where 4 percent reside.
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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