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
The surname Haiwe occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Haïwe. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Haiwe? popularity and diffusion
Haiwe is the 267,955th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 5,001,747 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Haiwe live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 499,178th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 310 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 958 people, or 1 in 21,680. In Cameroon Haiwe is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 52 percent reside, North Region, where 30 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon Haiwe is found 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
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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 Haiwe
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