Giwe Surname
Approximately 637 people bear this surname
Giwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 290 | 1:71,617 | 8,980 |
| Indonesia | 220 | 1:601,133 | 47,761 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Giwe (70) may also be a first name.
Giwe Demographics
Average Giwe Salary in
South Africa
R 99,492
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Giwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Giwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Giwe is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Giwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 512,799th most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,440,417 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Giwe live; 57 percent live in Central Africa and 57 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most common first name worldwide It is held by 70 people.
This last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 290 people, or 1 in 71,617. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 97 percent reside, Centre Region, where 1 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon Giwe occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 35 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside.
Giwe Last Name Statistics demography
Giwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.13% less than the national average, earning R 99,492 per year.
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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 Giwe
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