Guiw Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Guiw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guiw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Guiw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Guiw is more frequently found in Taiwan than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Guiw? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Guiw is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Guiw are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Sino-East Asia.

It is most widely held in Taiwan, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 7,814,915. In Taiwan it is primarily found in: Tainan City, where 100 percent live. Barring Taiwan this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 33 percent live and Nigeria, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Giw8624/
Guif7559/
Guew7517/
Guiv7515/
Giws755/
Ghiw753/
Giew752/
Gaiw752/
Giwh751/
Giwf751/
Qgiw751/
Guyw751/
Guiff6786/
Guife6728/
Guift678/
Gaiws675/
Guewf671/
Guejw671/
Ghiwh671/
Goiws671/
Gijsw671/

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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
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  • 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 Guiw
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