Kiwau Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Kiwau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 1:232,963 | 32,024 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Kiwau (22) may also be a first name.
Kiwau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiwau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kiwau is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Kiwau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiwau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,228,735th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Kiwau are found; 97 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 95 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Kiwau is also the 2,301,746th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 22 people.
Kiwau is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 232,963. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: East Sepik, where 26 percent are found, West New Britain, where 26 percent are found and Gulf, where 23 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 3 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Kiwau
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