Piawa Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Piawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 75 | 1:2,361,903 | 79,171 |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Piawa (31) may also be a first name.
Piawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Piawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Piawa is most common in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Piawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Piawa? popularity and diffusion
Piawa is the 1,589,322nd most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Piawa live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most common forename worldwide. It is borne by 31 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 2,361,903. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 100 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 34 percent live and The Philippines, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piawah | 91 | 45 | / |
| Piawat | 91 | 2 | / |
| Paiyawa | 83 | 5 | / |
| Pijawat | 83 | 2 | / |
| Piaba | 80 | 433 | / |
| Piawi | 80 | 122 | / |
| Piawe | 80 | 87 | / |
| Pyawa | 80 | 75 | / |
| Piava | 80 | 26 | / |
| Piawo | 80 | 16 | / |
| Piaua | 80 | 11 | / |
| Piowa | 80 | 7 | / |
| Paiyawah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Piawei | 73 | 72 | / |
| Pihava | 73 | 58 | / |
| Piawoh | 73 | 13 | / |
| Piawoo | 73 | 5 | / |
| Pyawea | 73 | 4 | / |
| Piawet | 73 | 3 | / |
| Piowas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Piawii | 73 | 1 | / |
| Piasua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phaiyawat | 71 | 4 | / |
| Piavaux | 67 | 31 | / |
| Payiawi | 67 | 26 | / |
| Pajoway | 67 | 21 | / |
| Paiyawi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Payiaba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Payoway | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Piawa
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