Peiwa Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Peiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Peiwa (25) may also be a first name.
Peiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Peiwa has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peiwa? popularity and diffusion
Peiwa is the 3,141,416th most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname Peiwa is mostly found in Oceania, where 97 percent of Peiwa reside; 97 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 97 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 25 people.
This last name is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 214,572. In Papua New Guinea Peiwa is most prevalent in: West Sepik, where 55 percent reside, Central, where 18 percent reside and National Capital District, where 13 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Peiwa
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