Jiwe Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Jiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 93 | 1:496,558 | 25,459 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Jiwe (80) may also be a first name.
Jiwe Demographics
Jiwe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Jiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jiwe is found most in Kenya. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jiwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jiwe is the 1,465,390th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Jiwe reside; 65 percent reside in East Africa and 65 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Jiwe is also the 1,075,395th most numerous first name on earth, held by 80 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 496,558. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kilifi County, where 95 percent are found, Kwale County, where 4 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 1 percent are found. Beside Kenya Jiwe is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 33 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
Jiwe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Jiwe
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