Kiw Surname

948,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 276 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Kiw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kiw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia1301:226,87913,060
Indonesia1141:1,160,08182,627
Singapore131:423,66918,211
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Kiw (297) may also be a first name.

Kiw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kiw Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kiw is found in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Kiw click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kiw? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kiw is the 948,111th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,404,152 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Kiw live; 96 percent live in Southeast Asia and 88 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kiw is also the 511,663rd most frequently used first name on earth, held by 297 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is held by 130 people, or 1 in 226,879. In Malaysia Kiw is most prevalent in: Selangor, where 66 percent live, Sabah, where 22 percent live and Johor, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Malaysia this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 41 percent live and Singapore, where 5 percent live.

Kiw Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kiw last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.14% being registered with the political party.

Kiw earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.17% less than the national average, earning $40,486 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kiew864,066/
Kiwe862,197/
Koiw8611/
Kaiw869/
Khiw864/
Kuiw862/
Kiwt861/
Kiwp861/
Kisw861/
Keiw860/
Kaiwe75803/
Khiew75140/
Keiwe7515/
Kishw756/
Khaiw752/
Kiwch751/
Kaiwt751/
Koiwe751/
Kew676,474/
Kiv671,853/
Kif67695/
Kiwova6734/
Kiwová6710/
Kyw678/
Qiw678/
Ciw676/
Kjw676/
Kuiweh671/
Kéw671/
Kuihwh671/

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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 Kiw
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