Moiwai Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Moiwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 25 | 1:176,341 | 12,123 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
Moiwai (27) may also be a first name.
Moiwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moiwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moiwai occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moiwai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,055,934th most widespread surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 63 percent of Moiwai reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most prevalent first name globally, held by 27 people.
The surname Moiwai is most widely held in Liberia, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 176,341. In Liberia Moiwai is most prevalent in: Lofa County, where 60 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 32 percent are found and Grand Bassa County, where 4 percent are found. Other than Liberia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Moiwai
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