Paiw Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Paiw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Paiw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan181:1,302,4868,817
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Paiw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Paiw Come From? nationality or country of origin

Paiw is more frequently found in Taiwan than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Paiw? popularity and diffusion

The surname Paiw is the 4,532,898th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Paiw live; 95 percent live in East Asia and 95 percent live in Sino-East Asia.

It is most common in Taiwan, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 1,302,486. In Taiwan Paiw is primarily found in: Kaohsiung City, where 56 percent are found, Taoyuan City, where 28 percent are found and Miaoli County, where 17 percent are found. Besides Taiwan this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paiwe8980/
Phaiw893/
Paiaw892/
Paw8610,582/
Piw8628/
Pawe755,799/
Pauw752,893/
Phaw75148/
Pahw7570/
Piwe7557/
Piew7552/
Piwp7527/
Phiw7525/
Paaw7521/
Paif7519/
Paib7512/
Paiv759/
Peaw757/
Poiw752/
Paww752/
Pajw752/
Pfaw752/
Pfiw751/
Piwt751/
Bpaw751/
Pisw751/
Piww751/
Puiw751/
Pawf750/
Phawe671,073/
Pajow67385/
Payow67353/
Piyaw67138/
Pauws6787/
Peawe6749/
Pauwe6740/
Payaw6715/
Pujiw679/
Pijew678/
Peyaw678/
Pfaif677/
Paawe677/
Pahaw677/
Poiwe677/
Paibh674/
Pejiw674/
Phaib674/
Pajiv674/
Pejaw672/
Paiff672/
Payew672/
Phaew672/
Pashw672/
Phiew672/
Pawws671/
Paiev671/
Puyaw671/
Pujaw671/
Payuw671/
Piswt671/
Paiov671/
Pajwe671/
Passw671/
Pawsh671/
Peiaw671/
Pojiw671/
Phiwe671/
Peiwe671/
Paiiv671/
Paife671/
Pawsø671/
Pawch671/
Peiwt670/
Pfawz670/

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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 Paiw
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