Shiwu Surname
Approximately 231 people bear this surname
Shiwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 204 | 1:114,925 | 1,079 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shiwu (391) may also be a first name.
Shiwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shiwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shiwu is found most frequently in Taiwan. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shiwu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shiwu is the 1,073,555th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 31,547,818 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Shiwu live; 90 percent live in East Asia and 90 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Shiwu is also the 437,834th most common given name throughout the world, borne by 391 people.
The last name is most frequent in Taiwan, where it is borne by 204 people, or 1 in 114,925. In Taiwan it is most prevalent in: Kaohsiung City, where 25 percent live, Tainan City, where 17 percent live and Taichung City, where 11 percent live. Other than Taiwan this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live and Nigeria, 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 Shiwu
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