Kiwah Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Kiwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kiwah (25) may also be a first name.
Kiwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kiwah (Arabic: كيواش) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiwah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,312,869th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 40 percent of Kiwah reside; 38 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 38 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,136,160th most common forename throughout the world. It is borne by 25 people.
This surname is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 5,086,507. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: West Nusa Tenggara, where 73 percent live and Lampung, where 27 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 28 percent live and Cameroon, where 22 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kiwah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kiwah in the Arabic language | ||
| كيواش | kywash | - |
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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 Kiwah
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