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 in Taiwan more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Shiwu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shiwu? popularity and diffusion
Shiwu is the 1,073,555th most frequent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 31,547,818 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Shiwu are found; 90 percent are found in East Asia and 90 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 437,834th most commonly used given name in the world, borne by 391 people.
The last name Shiwu is most prevalent in Taiwan, where it is borne by 204 people, or 1 in 114,925. In Taiwan Shiwu is mostly found in: Kaohsiung City, where 25 percent are found, Tainan City, where 17 percent are found and Taichung City, where 11 percent are found. Besides Taiwan this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.
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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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