Piuwi Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Piuwi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piuwi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea591:138,19919,012
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Piuwi (10) may also be a first name.

Piuwi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Piuwi is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Piuwi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,483,783rd most prevalent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Piuwi are found; 100 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 100 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 10 people.

The surname Piuwi is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 138,199. In Papua New Guinea Piuwi is most common in: Enga, where 73 percent are found, Western Highlands, where 25 percent are found and National Capital District, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Piuwa8092/
Piuvi803/
Pyuwi801/
Pieuwe7325/
Phihaubi621/
Piuva60105/
Peowi6013/
Pyuwa604/
Piuve601/
Peyowi5524/
Payowi5512/
Pieuve551/

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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 Piuwi
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