Hiwana Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Hiwana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 63 | 1:38,244 | 5,261 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Hiwana (23) may also be a first name.
Hiwana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hiwana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hiwana is borne by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hiwana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,352,516th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hiwana live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Hiwana is also the 2,239,265th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 23 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Namibia, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 38,244. In Namibia it is mostly concentrated in: Omusati Region, where 98 percent live and Hardap Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Namibia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 2 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 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
- 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 Hiwana
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