Iwis Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Iwis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iwis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

Iwis (177) may also be a first name.

Iwis Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Iwis Come From? nationality or country of origin

Iwis is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Iwis? popularity and diffusion

The surname Iwis is the 5,213,395th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Iwis reside; 86 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 86 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Iwis is also the 685,598th most widespread forename globally, held by 177 people.

The surname Iwis is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea Iwis is mostly found in: Madang, where 92 percent are found and Morobe, where 8 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 7 percent are found and Morocco, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iwais8971/
Aiwis8928/
Iweis893/
Yiwis893/
Iewis892/
Iwies892/
Iwish891/
Iwise891/
Iwist891/
Iswis891/
Yiwise802/
Aiwais801/
Ewis755,041/
Ibis751,715/
Ivis75220/
Uwis7549/
Iwes7528/
Ywis756/
Jwis751/
Iwys751/
Giwisch7312/
Ewais675,513/
Uwais672,628/
Eweis671,418/
Ewies671,372/
Ewiss671,007/
Ibish67521/
Ibais67362/
Hewis67242/
Ewise67124/
Yibis6793/
Givis6781/
Ivise6738/
Iovis6734/
Iwese6725/
Uweis6717/
Iwich6716/
Aivis6714/
Aibis6714/
Hiwes6712/
Ywise6711/
Uwiss6710/
Uwihs679/
Ewish678/
Iweas678/
Ivies678/
Ibisz676/
Jweis675/
Eiwes674/
Ewisd674/
Eibis672/
Jibis672/
Huwis672/
Oibis672/
Yiwic672/
Iowes672/
Ivish672/
Eivis672/
Aiwiz671/
Ijuis671/
Iwicz671/
Ivais671/
Jivis671/
Jiwic671/
Ibeis671/
Jwais671/
Giuis671/
Aiwes671/
Ywies671/
Uewis671/
Uwish671/
Ievis671/
Uwhis671/
Uibis671/
Iwuij671/
Ewuis671/
Uwies671/
Ywais671/
Ewwis671/
Eewis670/

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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 Iwis
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