Kuiwa Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Kuiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 166 | 1:49,119 | 6,132 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kuiwa (93) may also be a first name.
Kuiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kuiwa occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuiwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,295,379th most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Kuiwa reside; 95 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 95 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 986,211th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 93 people.
The last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 166 people, or 1 in 49,119. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Chimbu, where 90 percent reside, Jiwaka, where 3 percent reside and Morobe, where 3 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 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
- 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 Kuiwa
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