Poiwi Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Poiwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
Poiwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poiwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poiwi has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Poiwi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,808,717th most frequently used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Poiwi live; 100 percent live in Oceania Islands and 54 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 313,604. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: West Sepik, where 73 percent live and East Sepik, where 27 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in New Caledonia, where 44 percent live and French Polynesia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powi | 89 | 365 | / |
| Piwi | 89 | 99 | / |
| Poiawis | 83 | 1 | / |
| Piwai | 80 | 50 | / |
| Paiwi | 80 | 41 | / |
| Powih | 80 | 35 | / |
| Poivi | 80 | 27 | / |
| Powie | 80 | 27 | / |
| Poiwa | 80 | 12 | / |
| Piwei | 80 | 10 | / |
| Poiwe | 80 | 7 | / |
| Poibi | 80 | 5 | / |
| Pouwi | 80 | 5 | / |
| Piwiy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Piwii | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phiwi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phowi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Piswai | 73 | 87 | / |
| Peyowi | 73 | 24 | / |
| Piyawi | 73 | 22 | / |
| Payowi | 73 | 12 | / |
| Poihui | 73 | 12 | / |
| Piwish | 73 | 8 | / |
| Poiywa | 73 | 8 | / |
| Piwitt | 73 | 6 | / |
| Paiawi | 73 | 5 | / |
| Piwwit | 73 | 5 | / |
| Peiwei | 73 | 4 | / |
| Powich | 73 | 3 | / |
| Poyibi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Paiwai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bpobii | 73 | 2 | / |
| Piewii | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poivis | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pochwi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pouwie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Powiss | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phowit | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phohwi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phowis | 73 | 0 | / |
| Pivi | 67 | 34,474 | / |
| Powe | 67 | 7,843 | / |
| Pobi | 67 | 2,130 | / |
| Pawi | 67 | 1,683 | / |
| Piwa | 67 | 815 | / |
| Pewi | 67 | 348 | / |
| Pibi | 67 | 255 | / |
| Pojawis | 67 | 165 | / |
| Piwe | 67 | 57 | / |
| Povi | 67 | 25 | / |
| Powisch | 67 | 20 | / |
| Poivaia | 67 | 3 | / |
| Puiawei | 67 | 3 | / |
| Piyawai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pisswai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piwy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poyibhi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piyewei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pojawiś | 67 | 1 | / |
| Powy | 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 Poiwi
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