Piwas Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Piwas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Piwas (20) may also be a first name.
Piwas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Piwas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Piwas (Hindi: पिवास) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Piwas click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Piwas? popularity and diffusion
Piwas is the 2,909,720th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name Piwas is predominantly found in Oceania, where 73 percent of Piwas reside; 73 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 73 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,446,817th most widely held given name world-wide It is held by 20 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 247,082. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: West New Britain, where 58 percent live, New Ireland, where 39 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 3 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea Piwas occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 24 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paiwas | 91 | 11 | / |
| Piowas | 91 | 1 | / |
| Piswas | 91 | 1 | / |
| Paiwast | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pivas | 80 | 130 | / |
| Puwas | 80 | 82 | / |
| Piwaz | 80 | 5 | / |
| Pibas | 80 | 2 | / |
| Piwos | 80 | 1 | / |
| Piwosz | 73 | 400 | / |
| Paivas | 73 | 33 | / |
| Piwarz | 73 | 30 | / |
| Pivash | 73 | 23 | / |
| Piwacz | 73 | 21 | / |
| Paibas | 73 | 18 | / |
| Pisvas | 73 | 10 | / |
| Piwatz | 73 | 10 | / |
| Pewats | 73 | 4 | / |
| Puivas | 73 | 3 | / |
| Pewais | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pitvas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pewash | 73 | 0 | / |
| Pewaush | 67 | 18 | / |
| Pewatts | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pishwaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phiwose | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peivast | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pishvas | 67 | 1 | / |
Piwas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Piwas in the Hindi language | ||
| पिवास | pivasa | - |
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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
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- 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 Piwas
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