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 last name Peiwa is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peiwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,141,416th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name occurs mostly 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 prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 25 people.
The last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 214,572. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: West Sepik, where 55 percent reside, Central, where 18 percent reside and National Capital District, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It is also found 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
- 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 Peiwa
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