Hiwe Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Hiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Hiwe (25) may also be a first name.
Hiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hiwe is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hiwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hiwe is the 2,944,094th most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. Hiwe is mostly found in Asia, where 52 percent of Hiwe live; 41 percent live in Southeast Asia and 34 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,136,160th most common forename world-wide, borne by 25 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Morobe, where 73 percent live, Western, where 13 percent live and Milne Bay, where 7 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea Hiwe occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 27 percent live and Thailand, where 14 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 Hiwe
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