Paiwen Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Paiwen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Paiwen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea271:301,99040,635
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Paiwen (762) may also be a first name.

Paiwen Last Name Facts

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

Paiwen is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Paiwen? popularity and diffusion

Paiwen is the 3,730,171st most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Paiwen live; 96 percent live in Oceania Islands and 96 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 297,476th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 762 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 301,990. In Papua New Guinea Paiwen is primarily found in: West Sepik, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pawen91111/
Piwen9190/
Paween83101/
Pauwen8374/
Paswen8333/
Paiben8332/
Peiwen8331/
Paywen8315/
Piwien8314/
Pawene834/
Paewen832/
Piewen831/
Pawn8016/
Phawaen7718/
Peaween7710/
Phawene7710/
Pujiwen775/
Pashwen775/
Ppaween771/
Pawween771/
Paiwain771/
Piewien771/
Paywene771/
Paben7352,531/
Pabin732,542/
Pawin73572/
Piben73495/
Pawne73121/
Piwin7335/
Pawng7311/
Phawn737/
Pewen736/
Pywen733/
Pawnq731/
Ppiwn731/
Piwem731/
Payweyne7110/
Phaben67740/
Piwień6743/
Peween6739/
Paubin6721/
Paaben6712/
Pouwen6710/
Paywng6710/
Pabeen676/
Phawin676/
Paawin674/
Phabin674/
Pewean674/
Pabenn673/
Pojwen673/
Poiwin673/
Pasuen672/
Peuwen672/
Pashwn672/
Peawin672/
Pauwin672/
Paswnn671/
Peaben671/
Pawain671/
Paswwn671/
Paibin671/
Pajwin671/
Pahbin671/
Pawayn671/
Pauben671/
Pahvin671/
Pewene671/
Pijuen671/
Puewen671/
Puyawn671/
Pihuen671/
Peywen671/
Peeawn671/
Peaven670/
Poiven670/

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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 Paiwen
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