Patiwa Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Patiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Patiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe551:280,69528,958
Indonesia191:6,960,484292,931
Cameroon101:2,076,907105,188
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Patiwa (21) may also be a first name.

Patiwa Last Name Facts

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

Patiwa is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Patiwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Patiwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Patiwa is the 1,882,912th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 75 percent of Patiwa are found; 63 percent are found in Southern Africa and 63 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Patiwa is also the 2,368,944th most common forename worldwide, borne by 21 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 280,695. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 42 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 24 percent are found and Bulawayo Province, where 18 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 20 percent are found and Cameroon, where 10 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
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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 Patiwa
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