Piwa Surname
Approximately 815 people bear this surname
Piwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 420 | 1:36,758 | 5,689 |
| Papua New Guinea | 255 | 1:31,975 | 3,701 |
| Indonesia | 52 | 1:2,543,254 | 149,807 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
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 occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Piwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Piwa is the 424,566th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,941,774 people. Piwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Piwa live; 52 percent live in Southern Africa and 52 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 528,876th most frequently held given name internationally It is held by 281 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 420 people, or 1 in 36,758. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Manicaland Province, where 65 percent are found, Harare Province, where 18 percent are found and Bulawayo Province, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname is found in 16 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 31 percent are found and Indonesia, where 6 percent are found.
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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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