Hiw Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Hiw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 72 | 1:409,642 | 21,284 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Hiw (97) may also be a first name.
Hiw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hiw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hiw is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hiw? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,943,350th most prevalent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Hiw reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 78 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Hiw is also the 962,660th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 97 people.
Hiw is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 409,642. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Selangor, where 81 percent reside, Sarawak, where 10 percent reside and Sabah, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Malaysia Hiw is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 14 percent reside and Thailand, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiew | 86 | 8,579 | / |
| Chiw | 86 | 466 | / |
| Hiwe | 86 | 44 | / |
| Heiw | 86 | 8 | / |
| Khiw | 86 | 4 | / |
| Haiw | 86 | 3 | / |
| Hiwz | 86 | 2 | / |
| Hoiw | 86 | 2 | / |
| Hisw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hiwh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hivw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Huiw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hiws | 86 | 1 | / |
| Iw | 80 | 52 | / |
| Chiew | 75 | 11,103 | / |
| Haiwe | 75 | 1,457 | / |
| Chiwe | 75 | 187 | / |
| Chaiw | 75 | 42 | / |
| Heiwe | 75 | 22 | / |
| Ahiew | 75 | 7 | / |
| Cheiw | 75 | 3 | / |
| Khaiw | 75 | 2 | / |
| Hiwth | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hew | 67 | 12,035 | / |
| Iwe | 67 | 1,991 | / |
| Hib | 67 | 1,838 | / |
| Hiv | 67 | 473 | / |
| Hif | 67 | 165 | / |
| Jiw | 67 | 72 | / |
| Aiw | 67 | 58 | / |
| Chihwe | 67 | 49 | / |
| Yiw | 67 | 29 | / |
| Iew | 67 | 22 | / |
| Eiw | 67 | 17 | / |
| Jhw | 67 | 14 | / |
| Hjw | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hyw | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ehw | 67 | 9 | / |
| Chaiwe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Yhw | 67 | 8 | / |
| Iwt | 67 | 7 | / |
| Aheiwe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Oiw | 67 | 7 | / |
| Iwh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ijw | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ihw | 67 | 4 | / |
| Iwz | 67 | 4 | / |
| Iwf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ivw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Iww | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uiw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cheiwe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Hiw
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