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 in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Jiwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Jiwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jiwe is the 1,465,390th most widespread surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Jiwe live; 65 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Jiwe is also the 1,075,395th most frequently held forename at a global level, borne by 80 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 496,558. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kilifi County, where 95 percent reside, Kwale County, where 4 percent reside and Mombasa County, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya Jiwe is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 33 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.
Jiwe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Jiwe surname 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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