Khiw Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Khiw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
Khiw (18) may also be a first name.
Khiw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khiw Come From? nationality or country of origin
Khiw occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Khiw? popularity and diffusion
The surname Khiw is the 8,968,613th most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Khiw occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Khiw are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 50 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Khiw is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 18 people.
The surname Khiw is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia Khiw is most common in: Johor, where 50 percent are found and Penang, where 50 percent are found. Without taking into account Malaysia it is found in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 50 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khiew | 89 | 140 | / |
| Khaiw | 89 | 2 | / |
| Kiw | 86 | 276 | / |
| Hiw | 86 | 92 | / |
| Hiew | 75 | 8,579 | / |
| Kiew | 75 | 4,066 | / |
| Kiwe | 75 | 2,197 | / |
| Khew | 75 | 1,272 | / |
| Khif | 75 | 615 | / |
| Chiw | 75 | 466 | / |
| Hiwe | 75 | 44 | / |
| Khiv | 75 | 32 | / |
| Koiw | 75 | 11 | / |
| Kaiw | 75 | 9 | / |
| Heiw | 75 | 8 | / |
| Haiw | 75 | 3 | / |
| Hiwz | 75 | 2 | / |
| Khjw | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kuiw | 75 | 2 | / |
| Hoiw | 75 | 2 | / |
| Huiw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hiws | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kyhw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hciw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hivw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hiwh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hisw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kisw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kiwp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kiwt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Keiw | 75 | 0 | / |
| Kheiweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chiew | 67 | 11,103 | / |
| Haiwe | 67 | 1,457 | / |
| Khaif | 67 | 1,191 | / |
| Kaiwe | 67 | 803 | / |
| Khiev | 67 | 768 | / |
| Khoif | 67 | 373 | / |
| Chiwe | 67 | 187 | / |
| Kehew | 67 | 111 | / |
| Chaiw | 67 | 42 | / |
| Heiwe | 67 | 22 | / |
| Kheew | 67 | 18 | / |
| Keiwe | 67 | 15 | / |
| Kheiv | 67 | 14 | / |
| Kheaw | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kishw | 67 | 6 | / |
| Khiph | 67 | 6 | / |
| Khaiv | 67 | 5 | / |
| Keehw | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cheiw | 67 | 3 | / |
| Khewe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Khiov | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khuiv | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hiwth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kehwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khayw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khipf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kiwch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khift | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kheib | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kheif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaiwt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koiwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kyhwz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khifs | 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 Khiw
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