Piwi Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Piwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 50 | 1:163,074 | 22,562 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Philippines | 15 | 1:6,749,215 | 188,373 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Piwi (109) may also be a first name.
Piwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Piwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Piwi is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Piwi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,860,621st most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 54 percent of Piwi live; 54 percent live in Oceania Islands and 54 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Piwi is also the 900,062nd most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 109 people.
The surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 163,074. In Papua New Guinea Piwi is most numerous in: Western Highlands, where 36 percent live, Enga, where 32 percent live and Morobe, where 28 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea Piwi is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 16 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piwai | 89 | 50 | / |
| Poiwi | 89 | 48 | / |
| Paiwi | 89 | 41 | / |
| Piwei | 89 | 10 | / |
| Piwiy | 89 | 1 | / |
| Piwii | 89 | 1 | / |
| Phiwi | 89 | 1 | / |
| Piswai | 80 | 87 | / |
| Piwish | 80 | 8 | / |
| Piwitt | 80 | 6 | / |
| Piwwit | 80 | 5 | / |
| Peiwei | 80 | 4 | / |
| Paiwai | 80 | 2 | / |
| Piewii | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pivi | 75 | 34,474 | / |
| Piwa | 75 | 815 | / |
| Pewi | 75 | 348 | / |
| Pibi | 75 | 255 | / |
| Puwi | 75 | 123 | / |
| Piwe | 75 | 57 | / |
| Piwy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Püwi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pisswai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paiwa | 67 | 348 | / |
| Peawi | 67 | 135 | / |
| Paibi | 67 | 125 | / |
| Phibi | 67 | 124 | / |
| Piovi | 67 | 90 | / |
| Paiwe | 67 | 80 | / |
| Pivie | 67 | 52 | / |
| Pivit | 67 | 52 | / |
| Pivii | 67 | 46 | / |
| Pevii | 67 | 42 | / |
| Peiwa | 67 | 39 | / |
| Pibai | 67 | 33 | / |
| Pijui | 67 | 31 | / |
| Pivai | 67 | 30 | / |
| Poivi | 67 | 27 | / |
| Piewe | 67 | 27 | / |
| Pivid | 67 | 25 | / |
| Pijvi | 67 | 19 | / |
| Pihui | 67 | 18 | / |
| Pivhi | 67 | 16 | / |
| Piewa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Poiwa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Pibhi | 67 | 10 | / |
| Pievi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Pihwa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ppivi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Paivi | 67 | 8 | / |
| Pivis | 67 | 7 | / |
| Poiwe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Poibi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Piwey | 67 | 3 | / |
| Phiwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pivui | 67 | 3 | / |
| Puiwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Piwet | 67 | 2 | / |
| Piwee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peuwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peishwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peiwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peewi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piwaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piwed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puwih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phiwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peibi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phivi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peivi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pfuwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peswi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pibui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bpivi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pewie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pivio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pewit | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pichwich | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Piwi
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