Hwain Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Hwain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Hwain (15) may also be a first name.
Hwain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hwain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hwain (Marathi: ैन) occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hwain? popularity and diffusion
Hwain is the 8,968,613th most frequently held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 75 percent of Hwain live; 50 percent live in Southeast Asia and 50 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequent forename world-wide It is held by 15 people.
The last name Hwain is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia it is primarily concentrated in: Pahang, where 50 percent reside and Selangor, where 50 percent reside. Outside of Malaysia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 25 percent reside and India, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hwain Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hwain in the Marathi language | ||
| ैन | aina | - |
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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 Hwain
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