Piliwa Surname
Approximately 191 people bear this surname
Piliwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 117 | 1:69,690 | 9,084 |
| Kenya | 46 | 1:1,003,911 | 34,451 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Piliwa (38) may also be a first name.
Piliwa Demographics
Piliwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Piliwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Piliwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Piliwa is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Piliwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,222,957th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 61 percent of Piliwa reside; 61 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 61 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,662,754th most widely held forename at a global level, held by 38 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 69,690. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Western, where 99 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 24 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside.
Piliwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Piliwa surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pailiwa | 92 | 3 | / |
| Puliwa | 83 | 203 | / |
| Piliwi | 83 | 40 | / |
| Piluwa | 83 | 8 | / |
| Piliwe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Piliva | 83 | 2 | / |
| Piliwo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Piliba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Peliwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pilieva | 77 | 222 | / |
| Pilewad | 77 | 32 | / |
| Philiba | 77 | 23 | / |
| Pehliwa | 77 | 10 | / |
| Pilibai | 77 | 4 | / |
| Philiwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peheliwa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Poilieva | 71 | 2 | / |
| Puleiwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pihlewad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pailewad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pilibe | 67 | 525 | / |
| Pileva | 67 | 298 | / |
| Peliwo | 67 | 147 | / |
| Puluwa | 67 | 73 | / |
| Pilivi | 67 | 38 | / |
| Pelewa | 67 | 26 | / |
| Peliwe | 67 | 20 | / |
| Pilibo | 67 | 13 | / |
| Pilibi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Philibeau | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pilyva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pittlewad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Philibhai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peliba | 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 Piliwa
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