Kwiwa Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kwiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea401:203,84328,184
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638

Kwiwa (14) may also be a first name.

Kwiwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kwiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kwiwa is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Kwiwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwiwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kwiwa is the 2,876,555th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. The last name Kwiwa occurs mostly in Oceania, where 91 percent of Kwiwa are found; 91 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 91 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequent forename at a global level, borne by 14 people.

This surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 203,843. In Papua New Guinea Kwiwa is mostly found in: Chimbu, where 55 percent live, Morobe, where 18 percent live and West New Britain, where 18 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 9 percent live and Indonesia, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwaiwa915/
Kwiwah911/
Kweiwa911/
Kwaiwah831/
Kwiva80200/
Kuiwa80175/
Kwewa80145/
Gwiwa8022/
Kwiwe801/
Kwuwa801/
Kwiwo801/
Nkwewa7317/
Kuiwai739/
Kuiswa737/
Kwewai732/
Kwuiba731/
Kgwiba731/
Gwijwa731/
Nkuiwa731/
Kwiwih731/
Kweewa731/
Gwaiwa731/
Gwuiwa731/
Kwiwech67136/
Kwehwea6710/
Kuishwa671/
Kweibea671/
Gweihwa671/
Nkwewah671/
Nkweiwo671/
Ngwaiwa671/
Kwaibai671/

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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 Kwiwa
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