Liwun Surname
Approximately 1,196 people bear this surname
Liwun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,184 | 1:111,697 | 11,397 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Liwun (26) may also be a first name.
Liwun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Liwun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Liwun is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Liwun? popularity and diffusion
The last name Liwun is the 314,042nd most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 6,093,266 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Liwun live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 98 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Liwun is also the 2,084,397th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 26 people.
The surname is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 1,184 people, or 1 in 111,697. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 80 percent live, East Kalimantan, where 9 percent live and North Kalimantan, where 6 percent live. Aside from Indonesia it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
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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 Liwun
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