Pikiwa Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Pikiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pikiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe501:308,76530,783
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Pikiwa Last Name Facts

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

Pikiwa is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Pikiwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Pikiwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,661,929th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name Pikiwa is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Pikiwa reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Pikiwa is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 308,765. In Zimbabwe Pikiwa is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 86 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 12 percent live and Midlands Province, where 2 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live and Benin, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pekiwa8311/
Pikuwa836/
Pikiva831/
Pikieva775/
Pukiway770/
Pikkieva7113/
Pikhieva719/
Poichiwa718/
Piskewad712/
Paikieva711/
Pukuwa6710/
Piciva676/
Peciwa674/
Pikuwo671/

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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 Pikiwa
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