Paraiwa Surname
Approximately 521 people bear this surname
Paraiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 512 | 1:30,153 | 4,632 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
Paraiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paraiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Paraiwa is most common in Zimbabwe. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Paraiwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Paraiwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 597,433rd most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 13,987,612 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Paraiwa reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Paraiwa is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 512 people, or 1 in 30,153. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 60 percent are found, Harare Province, where 22 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and Scotland, where 0 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 Paraiwa
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