Giwai Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Giwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 66 | 1:123,541 | 16,840 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Giwai (370) may also be a first name.
Giwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Giwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Giwai is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Giwai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,333,370th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Giwai live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 99 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Giwai is also the 451,716th most commonly occurring forename on earth, borne by 370 people.
It is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 123,541. In Papua New Guinea Giwai is primarily found in: Northern, where 32 percent reside, Morobe, where 26 percent reside and Chimbu, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Pakistan, where 1 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 Giwai
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