Spiwe Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Botswana

Spiwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spiwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Spiwe (18,067) may also be a first name.

Spiwe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Spiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Spiwe is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Spiwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spiwe? popularity and diffusion

Spiwe is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Spiwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Spiwe are found; 57 percent are found in Southern Africa and 57 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Spiwe is also the 40,720th most common first name internationally It is held by 18,067 people.

The surname Spiwe is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most frequent in: Alaska, where 50 percent reside and North Carolina, where 50 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States Spiwe exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 14 percent reside and England, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sphiwe9126/
Spiwey911/
Spive806/
Spawe804/
Spaiw802/
Spivey7328,682/
Spibey73277/
Spiver7354/
Spivie7319/
Spivez732/
Spievy731/
Spivei731/
Spiwai731/
Spawey731/
Spives730/
Shpieva6711/
Spievey6710/
Spitver678/
Spiveys675/
Zpiw671/
Spiviey671/
Spew671/
Speiver670/

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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 Spiwe
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