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
The surname Iwae is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Iwae? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,665,662nd most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name Iwae occurs mostly in Oceania, where 90 percent of Iwae are found; 90 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 90 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Iwae is also the 757,758th most prevalent forename in the world. It is borne by 148 people.
The surname Iwae is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 313,604. In Papua New Guinea Iwae is most common in: East Sepik, where 65 percent live, Western, where 27 percent live and East New Britain, where 4 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent live and Thailand, where 3 percent live.
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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