Kiriwai Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Kiriwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | 1:156,802 | 21,647 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
Kiriwai (22) may also be a first name.
Kiriwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiriwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kiriwai occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Kiriwai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiriwai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,506,728th most commonly held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Kiriwai live; 100 percent live in Oceania Islands and 88 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kiriwai is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used forename worldwide It is held by 22 people.
This last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 156,802. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Chimbu, where 52 percent live, National Capital District, where 29 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 15 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea Kiriwai is found in one country. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiriwaip | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kiriwa | 92 | 211 | / |
| Kiriwi | 92 | 51 | / |
| Kirivai | 86 | 80 | / |
| Kiruwai | 86 | 29 | / |
| Kiriwas | 86 | 5 | / |
| Kiriwat | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kiriowa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kiroiwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kiriwaa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kiriwui | 86 | 1 | / |
| Keriwai | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kiriwoi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kairiwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Koiriwei | 80 | 6 | / |
| Kirichwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kiriwath | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kuriwaia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kirishwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kiriwich | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kiruwa | 77 | 1,178 | / |
| Kiriwe | 77 | 108 | / |
| Kiriva | 77 | 91 | / |
| Kuriwa | 77 | 51 | / |
| Keriwa | 77 | 26 | / |
| Kirewa | 77 | 13 | / |
| Kirivi | 77 | 5 | / |
| Kuroiwa | 71 | 30,525 | / |
| Khuriwa | 71 | 105 | / |
| Chiriwa | 71 | 103 | / |
| Kirieva | 71 | 81 | / |
| Kuruwai | 71 | 54 | / |
| Kerewai | 71 | 38 | / |
| Kirivah | 71 | 9 | / |
| Keruwai | 71 | 8 | / |
| Kireewa | 71 | 7 | / |
| Koirewa | 71 | 7 | / |
| Kuraiwa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kuruiwa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kiribea | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kireiva | 71 | 3 | / |
| Khireiwish | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kairibi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kiraive | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kirejwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Keriwat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kiribah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kiraivi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kiruwah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kirioui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kirewoa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kejriwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khiriba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Koirewoa | 67 | 225 | / |
| Kirivaha | 67 | 21 | / |
| Khirieva | 67 | 19 | / |
| Khiriwet | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kairewoa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kiribayo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kirisuah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kiriboyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kiriveia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koirewaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kiraiboi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keriwayu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kirishua | 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 Kiriwai
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