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 carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Paiwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 804,502nd most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 20,941,224 people. The last name Paiwa is mostly found in Oceania, where 89 percent of Paiwa reside; 89 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 89 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,134,117th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 73 people.
The last name Paiwa is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 307 people, or 1 in 26,559. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Western, where 50 percent are found, East Sepik, where 19 percent are found and Madang, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 5 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found.
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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