Haiwe Surname
Approximately 1,457 people bear this surname
Haiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 958 | 1:21,680 | 2,964 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
The alternate forms: Haïwe (1) are calculated separately.
Haiwe (310) may also be a first name.
Haiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Haiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Haiwe is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Haïwe. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Haiwe? popularity and diffusion
Haiwe is the 267,955th most frequently used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,001,747 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Haiwe reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Haiwe is also the 499,178th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 310 people.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 958 people, or 1 in 21,680. In Cameroon Haiwe is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 52 percent reside, North Region, where 30 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 33 percent reside and Nigeria, 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 Haiwe
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