Kiwai Surname
Approximately 466 people bear this surname
Kiwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 437 | 1:18,658 | 1,883 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kiwai (126) may also be a first name.
Kiwai Demographics
Kiwai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kiwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kiwai is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiwai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 649,026th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 15,638,511 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 94 percent of Kiwai live; 94 percent live in Oceania Islands and 94 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 829,183rd most common forename at a global level, held by 126 people.
This surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 437 people, or 1 in 18,658. In Papua New Guinea Kiwai is primarily found in: West Sepik, where 27 percent live, Western, where 16 percent live and Milne Bay, where 11 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea Kiwai exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 2 percent live and Malaysia, where 2 percent live.
Kiwai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kiwai surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Kiwai
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