Shiwe Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Shiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 90 | 1:853,139 | 41,713 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Shiwe (1,279) may also be a first name.
Shiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shiwe has its highest incidence in Iran. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shiwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shiwe is the 1,691,963rd most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. The surname Shiwe is primarily found in Asia, where 81 percent of Shiwe reside; 78 percent reside in South Asia and 78 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Shiwe is also the 220,441st most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,279 people.
The surname Shiwe is most commonly held in Iran, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 853,139. In Iran Shiwe is mostly found in: Isfahan Province, where 31 percent live, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, where 24 percent live and Kurdistan Province, where 16 percent live. Besides Iran this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 15 percent live and Tanzania, where 3 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
- 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 Shiwe
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