Kiaw Surname
Approximately 1,961 people bear this surname
Kiaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,479 | 1:89,418 | 9,367 |
| Brunei | 223 | 1:1,878 | 346 |
| Malaysia | 209 | 1:141,121 | 8,932 |
| Liberia | 24 | 1:183,689 | 12,460 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Kiaw (458) may also be a first name.
Kiaw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiaw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kiaw is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiaw? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kiaw is the 210,468th most frequently held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 3,716,240 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Kiaw reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 97 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kiaw is also the 398,932nd most frequent first name on earth, held by 458 people.
It is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 1,479 people, or 1 in 89,418. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: North Sumatra, where 26 percent reside, Jakarta, where 18 percent reside and East Java, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Brunei, where 11 percent reside and Malaysia, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiawe | 89 | 132 | / |
| Khiaw | 89 | 99 | / |
| Kijaw | 89 | 8 | / |
| Kihaw | 89 | 6 | / |
| Kieaw | 89 | 2 | / |
| Kiawp | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kiahw | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kiaweh | 80 | 7 | / |
| Kijawe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kagiaw | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kyaw | 75 | 346,471 | / |
| Kiaf | 75 | 159 | / |
| Kiow | 75 | 130 | / |
| Kiav | 75 | 57 | / |
| Kjaw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Qiaw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kihahwe | 73 | 69 | / |
| Kaiyawe | 73 | 6 | / |
| Khiav | 67 | 41,750 | / |
| Kyawe | 67 | 286 | / |
| Chiaw | 67 | 148 | / |
| Khiaf | 67 | 121 | / |
| Kiowe | 67 | 28 | / |
| Kujaw | 67 | 20 | / |
| Kijaf | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kejaw | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kiafe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kyaww | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kayow | 67 | 5 | / |
| Khiow | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kieow | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khyaw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kajow | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kjawh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cihaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kajaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kiafh | 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 Kiaw
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