Piaw Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Brunei

Piaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia481:614,46329,648
Taiwan451:520,9943,910
Indonesia381:3,480,242186,493
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Brunei51:83,7461,811
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Piaw (59) may also be a first name.

Piaw Last Name Facts

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

Piaw has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Piaw.

How Common Is The Last Name Piaw? popularity and diffusion

The last name Piaw is the 1,403,590th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Piaw live; 69 percent live in Southeast Asia and 59 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Piaw is also the 1,282,666th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 59 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 614,463. In Malaysia it is most numerous in: Sarawak, where 71 percent reside, Johor, where 6 percent reside and Selangor, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Malaysia Piaw exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 29 percent reside and Indonesia, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Piawe8987/
Phiaw8912/
Paijaw801/
Piab75270/
Piav75102/
Piow7586/
Piaf7521/
Pyaw754/
Pjaw751/
Pajow67385/
Payow67353/
Phiav67177/
Pyawe6739/
Piaff678/
Pieow672/
Phiab672/
Piows671/
Piowe671/
Phyaw671/

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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 Piaw
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