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 carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. 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 Piwan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,730,171st most common last name in the world, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs mostly 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 widely held first name internationally, held by 176 people.
It is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 9,446,371. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: East Kalimantan, where 50 percent reside, Bengkulu, where 29 percent reside and East Nusa Tenggara, where 21 percent reside. Aside from Indonesia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 25 percent reside and Uganda, where 14 percent reside.
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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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