Kiwei Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Kiwei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kiwei (11) may also be a first name.
Kiwei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiwei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kiwei is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kiwei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiwei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,649,889th most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Kiwei reside; 50 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 50 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Kiwei is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent forename throughout the world, borne by 11 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Kiwei is primarily concentrated in: Western, where 89 percent reside and Hela, where 11 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 39 percent reside and Cameroon, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Kiwei
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