Piwang Surname
Approximately 216 people bear this surname
Piwang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 208 | 1:187,689 | 15,405 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Piwang (19) may also be a first name.
Piwang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Piwang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Piwang has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Piwang click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Piwang? popularity and diffusion
The surname Piwang is the 1,121,821st most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Piwang live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Piwang is also the 2,523,061st most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 19 people.
The surname Piwang is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is held by 208 people, or 1 in 187,689. In Uganda Piwang is primarily concentrated in: Nebbi District, where 47 percent live, Kampala District, where 19 percent live and Wakiso District, where 9 percent live. Beside Uganda this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 2 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piewang | 92 | 4 | / |
| Piwanng | 92 | 1 | / |
| Phoiwang | 86 | 1 | / |
| Piwweang | 86 | 1 | / |
| Puwang | 83 | 191 | / |
| Piwong | 83 | 39 | / |
| Pewang | 83 | 28 | / |
| Pibang | 83 | 1 | / |
| Puiwong | 77 | 588 | / |
| Phuwang | 77 | 61 | / |
| Phiwong | 77 | 49 | / |
| Paiwong | 77 | 32 | / |
| Paibang | 77 | 14 | / |
| Pihuang | 77 | 6 | / |
| Puweang | 77 | 4 | / |
| Piswong | 77 | 3 | / |
| Pibaing | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pojwang | 77 | 1 | / |
| Piwanke | 77 | 1 | / |
| Paivang | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phisuang | 71 | 1,289 | / |
| Phaiwong | 71 | 178 | / |
| Pichuang | 71 | 9 | / |
| Peihuang | 71 | 6 | / |
| Pichwong | 71 | 6 | / |
| Phiowong | 71 | 2 | / |
| Phiswong | 71 | 2 | / |
| Piewwong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phuwaing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pisswong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pishvang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phuiwong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pishuang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phichuang | 67 | 199 | / |
| Puwong | 67 | 34 | / |
| Pebang | 67 | 12 | / |
| Pibong | 67 | 5 | / |
| Pewong | 67 | 4 | / |
| Phaiwwong | 67 | 2 | / |
| Phithuang | 67 | 2 | / |
| Peachwang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phewwaing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peichuang | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Piwang
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