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 surname Haiwa is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Haîwa or Haïwa. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Haiwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 416,960th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,738,065 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Haiwa reside; 49 percent reside in West Africa and 24 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Haiwa is also the 290,602nd most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 794 people.
This last name is most frequently held 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 reside, North Region, where 28 percent reside and Centre Region, where 9 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent reside and Nigeria, where 5 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 Haiwa
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