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
Moiwai is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Moiwai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moiwai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,055,934th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname Moiwai occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Moiwai live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 27 people.
The surname is most numerous in Liberia, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 176,341. In Liberia Moiwai is most frequent in: Lofa County, where 60 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 32 percent are found and Grand Bassa County, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Liberia Moiwai exists 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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