Kiwae Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kiwae Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kiwae Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Kiwae (20) may also be a first name.

Kiwae Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kiwae is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Kiwae click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kiwae? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 89 percent of Kiwae are found; 89 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 89 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,446,817th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 20 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea Kiwae is most prevalent in: Morobe, where 63 percent live and Madang, where 38 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kiwaea915/
Kaiwae911/
Kiwaeh911/
Kiwaaye833/
Kuwae802,589/
Kewae8016/
Kivae806/
Kiweu801/
Kuibae7315/
Kaiwoe738/
Kuuwae733/
Kaivae732/
Chiwae732/
Koiwoe732/
Kuwahe731/
Kuiweu731/
Kuiweh731/
Keawae731/
Kiewoe731/
Kywe6712,354/
Kewaiye6764/
Kiwajja6716/
Koiwooe678/
Kaivaea676/
Kiehwoe675/
Keawaed672/
Keawaet671/
Khewaed671/
Kheiweh671/
Kibajje671/
Kibaaye671/
Keiwhoe671/
Kaiweaa671/
Khewahe671/

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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 Kiwae
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