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 surname Shiwu is found in Taiwan more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shiwu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,073,555th most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 31,547,818 people. Shiwu is predominantly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Shiwu live; 90 percent live in East Asia and 90 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 437,834th most common given name world-wide, borne by 391 people.
The surname Shiwu is most frequently occurring in Taiwan, where it is borne by 204 people, or 1 in 114,925. In Taiwan Shiwu is most common in: Kaohsiung City, where 25 percent reside, Tainan City, where 17 percent reside and Taichung City, where 11 percent reside. Other than Taiwan this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
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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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