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 is most common in Zimbabwe. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Piwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 424,566th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,941,774 people. The surname is mostly found 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. It is also the 528,876th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 281 people.
The 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 common in: Manicaland Province, where 65 percent live, Harare Province, where 18 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 11 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe Piwa is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 31 percent live and Indonesia, where 6 percent live.
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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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