Seiwa Surname
Approximately 1,070 people bear this surname
Seiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 965 | 1:132,481 | 7,090 |
| Papua New Guinea | 90 | 1:90,597 | 12,060 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Seiwa (18,069) may also be a first name.
Seiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seiwa occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Seiwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seiwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Seiwa is the 342,798th most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 6,810,791 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Seiwa are found; 90 percent are found in East Asia and 90 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 40,713th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 18,069 people.
The surname is most widely held in Japan, where it is held by 965 people, or 1 in 132,481. In Japan Seiwa is most prevalent in: Yamagata Prefecture, where 26 percent live, Miyagi Prefecture, where 12 percent live and Chiba Prefecture, where 12 percent live. Other than Japan Seiwa is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live and Niger, where 1 percent live.
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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 Seiwa
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