Piwa Surname

424,566th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 815 people bear this surname

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

Piwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe4201:36,7585,689
Papua New Guinea2551:31,9753,701
Indonesia521:2,543,254149,807
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Uganda121:3,253,27385,117
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
England11:55,718,059489,080
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Piwa (281) may also be a first name.

Piwa Last Name Facts

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

Piwa is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Piwa? popularity and diffusion

Piwa is the 424,566th most frequently held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 8,941,774 people. Piwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Piwa are found; 52 percent are found in Southern Africa and 52 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Piwa is also the 528,876th most frequent given name worldwide. It is borne by 281 people.

The surname Piwa is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 420 people, or 1 in 36,758. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Manicaland Province, where 65 percent live, Harare Province, where 18 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 11 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 31 percent live and Indonesia, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paiwa89348/
Piwai8950/
Peiwa8939/
Piewa8915/
Poiwa8912/
Pihwa899/
Piwaz895/
Piwad894/
Phiwa893/
Puiwa892/
Piwaa891/
Piwah891/
Piswai8087/
Paiway8031/
Piwacz8021/
Piwatz8010/
Paiwat805/
Paiwai802/
Puiwah801/
Piswas801/
Piwath801/
Piwauh801/
Pheiwa801/
Pishwa801/
Piva7530,168/
Pewa751,305/
Puwa75531/
Piba75190/
Piwo75168/
Piwi7599/
Piwe7557/
Piwy751/
Paaiwaa731/
Pichwah731/
Pishwaz731/
Pisswai731/
Paiwaha731/
Paiwast731/
Paiva67233,547/
Phewa675,748/
Paiba672,167/
Poiba67435/
Pivaš67271/
Puwai67198/
Pivač67165/
Pivas67130/
Pivat6792/
Peywa6784/
Paiwe6780/
Poiwo6759/
Pewat6759/
Paywa6754/
Paiwo6753/
Poiwi6748/
Paiwi6741/
Piova6739/
Pibai6733/
Peawa6733/
Phiba6732/
Pieva6730/
Pivai6730/
Piewe6727/
Pewai6726/
Phuwa6726/
Pewah6725/
Pivać6724/
Poiva6720/
Peiwo6720/
Pivad6718/
Piewo6717/
Pisua6714/
Piwoh6713/
Puiva6712/
Piwei6710/
Pivaz679/
Piwoz677/
Poiwe677/
Pivah676/
Phiwo675/
Pajwa674/
Pibha674/
Peiva674/
Puiba674/
Piwey673/
Pitva673/
Pehwa673/
Pfuwa672/
Pisva672/
Pihua672/
Paiua672/
Pewad672/
Puwah672/
Piwet672/
Peuwa672/
Pojwa672/
Pivaj671/
Phiwi671/
Pibay671/
Puway671/
Pewea671/
Puewa671/
Piwii671/
Piwos671/
Páiva671/
Pewha671/
Peiba671/
Peishwai671/
Peiwe671/
Pivay671/
Piwed671/
Piweh671/
Piwou671/
Puuwa671/
Piwot671/
Phiwe671/
Piwee671/
Hpiva671/
Piwiy671/
Phichwat671/
Pewau671/
Pfiva670/

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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 Piwa
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