Piaw Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Piaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 48 | 1:614,463 | 29,648 |
| Taiwan | 45 | 1:520,994 | 3,910 |
| Indonesia | 38 | 1:3,480,242 | 186,493 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Brunei | 5 | 1:83,746 | 1,811 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
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.
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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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