Michiwa Surname
Approximately 106 people bear this surname
Michiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Michiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Michiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Michiwa occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Michiwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Michiwa is the 1,785,358th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Michiwa are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Aside from Malawi this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 1 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 Michiwa
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