Kuiyan Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Kuiyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Kuiyan (5,445) may also be a first name.
Kuiyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuiyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kuiyan (Hindi: कुइयां) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuiyan? popularity and diffusion
Kuiyan is the 3,055,934th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 73 percent of Kuiyan live; 73 percent live in Oceania Islands and 73 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kuiyan is also the 91,120th most frequently held first name globally, held by 5,445 people.
Kuiyan is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 271,791. In Papua New Guinea Kuiyan is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 43 percent are found, Enga, where 40 percent are found and Western Highlands, where 17 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 24 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kuiyan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kuiyan in the Hindi language | ||
| कुइयां | ku'iyam | 88.89 |
| कुईयां | ku'iyam | 5.56 |
| कुइयन | ku'iyana | 1.85 |
| कूइयां | ku'iyam | 1.85 |
| कुइयाँ | ku'iyam | 1.85 |
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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 Kuiyan
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