Hw Surname
Approximately 1,472 people bear this surname
Hw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,450 | 1:91,206 | 9,539 |
| Taiwan | 15 | 1:1,562,983 | 10,375 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
Hw (1,016) may also be a first name.
Hw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hw is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Hw.
How Common Is The Last Name Hw? popularity and diffusion
Hw is the 265,691st most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 4,950,778 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Hw reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Hw is also the 251,978th most common first name worldwide, held by 1,016 people.
The last name Hw is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,450 people, or 1 in 91,206. In Indonesia Hw is most prevalent in: Central Java, where 39 percent live, East Java, where 15 percent live and Jakarta, where 11 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 1 percent live and China, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hwe | 80 | 472 | / |
| Chw | 80 | 35 | / |
| Khw | 80 | 25 | / |
| Hwz | 80 | 21 | / |
| Hwt | 80 | 15 | / |
| Hwp | 80 | 7 | / |
| Hwh | 80 | 5 | / |
| Hww | 80 | 5 | / |
| Hhw | 80 | 4 | / |
| Hvw | 80 | 4 | / |
| Hwf | 80 | 4 | / |
| W | 67 | 1,405 | / |
| Chwe | 67 | 80 | / |
| Khwe | 67 | 34 | / |
| Chhw | 67 | 25 | / |
| Hchw | 67 | 10 | / |
| Høwe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Jhww | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hhwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hjwh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khwh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwwh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chww | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chwf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jhhw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jvhw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khvw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hjww | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hvwp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hjwf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hjvw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwwz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwwp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwtt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwtd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwpf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwft | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwfs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwfh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hvww | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hvwt | 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
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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 Hw
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