Iwae Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Iwae Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Iwae (148) may also be a first name.
Iwae Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iwae Come From? nationality or country of origin
Iwae occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iwae? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,665,662nd most commonly used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Iwae is primarily found in Oceania, where 90 percent of Iwae reside; 90 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 90 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 757,758th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 148 people.
Iwae is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 313,604. In Papua New Guinea Iwae is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 65 percent reside, Western, where 27 percent reside and East New Britain, where 4 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Thailand, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jiwae | 89 | 2 | / |
| Iwaez | 89 | 2 | / |
| Iwahe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Jiwaee | 80 | 2 | / |
| Iwahea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aiwaea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Uwae | 75 | 329 | / |
| Ewae | 75 | 51 | / |
| Iweu | 75 | 10 | / |
| Ivae | 75 | 6 | / |
| Ywae | 75 | 3 | / |
| Iwoe | 75 | 2 | / |
| Jwae | 75 | 1 | / |
| Huwae | 67 | 4,033 | / |
| Hivae | 67 | 79 | / |
| Iwahi | 67 | 46 | / |
| Uwahe | 67 | 25 | / |
| Ivaes | 67 | 22 | / |
| Eweae | 67 | 16 | / |
| Ewaes | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ewahe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ivaez | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ojwae | 67 | 2 | / |
| Iwohe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eawae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ewaeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Euwae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yiweu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ywahe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uwaea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jwaed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jivae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ibhae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uewae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ywaep | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ibaeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ijvae | 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 Iwae
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