Miwe Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Miwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Miwe (56) may also be a first name.
Miwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Miwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Miwe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﻮ) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Miwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,772,636th most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 41 percent of Miwe are found; 29 percent are found in Central Africa and 29 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Miwe is also the 1,321,957th most commonly held given name internationally, held by 56 people.
It is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 22,041,532. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 50 percent reside and Papua, where 50 percent reside. Barring Indonesia this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 24 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Miwe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Miwe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﻮ | myw | - |
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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 Miwe
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