Piwan Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Piwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
Piwan (176) may also be a first name.
Piwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Piwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Piwan is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Piwan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Piwan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Piwan is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 75 percent of Piwan are found; 75 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 75 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Piwan is also the 687,834th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 176 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 9,446,371. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: East Kalimantan, where 50 percent live, Bengkulu, where 29 percent live and East Nusa Tenggara, where 21 percent live. Not including Indonesia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 25 percent live and Uganda, where 14 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 Piwan
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