Haiwa Surname
Approximately 834 people bear this surname
Haiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 630 | 1:32,967 | 4,449 |
| Papua New Guinea | 117 | 1:69,690 | 9,084 |
| Nigeria | 40 | 1:4,428,569 | 120,862 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
The alternate forms: Haîwa (1) & Haïwa (1) are calculated separately.
Haiwa (794) may also be a first name.
Haiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Haiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Haiwa occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Haîwa or Haïwa. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Haiwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 416,960th most numerous last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 8,738,065 people. Haiwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Haiwa are found; 49 percent are found in West Africa and 24 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 290,602nd most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 794 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 630 people, or 1 in 32,967. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 49 percent live, North Region, where 28 percent live and Centre Region, where 9 percent live. Barring Cameroon Haiwa is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live and Nigeria, where 5 percent live.
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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 Haiwa
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