Paiwa Surname
Approximately 348 people bear this surname
Paiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 307 | 1:26,559 | 2,967 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Paiwa (73) may also be a first name.
Paiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Paiwa (Bengali: পাইওয়া) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Paiwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 804,502nd most prevalent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 20,941,224 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 89 percent of Paiwa are found; 89 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 89 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,134,117th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 73 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 307 people, or 1 in 26,559. In Papua New Guinea Paiwa is mostly found in: Western, where 50 percent live, East Sepik, where 19 percent live and Madang, where 12 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 5 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Paiwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Paiwa in the Bengali language | ||
| পাইওয়া | pa'i'oya | - |
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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 Paiwa
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