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
The last name Miwe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﻮ) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Miwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,772,636th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 41 percent of Miwe live; 29 percent live in Central Africa and 29 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Miwe is also the 1,321,957th most frequently held forename on earth, held by 56 people.
This surname is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 22,041,532. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 50 percent live and Papua, where 50 percent live. Excluding Indonesia Miwe is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 24 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent live.
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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