Wiw Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Wiw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wiw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan121:1,953,72912,642
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Wiw (95) may also be a first name.

Wiw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wiw is found most frequently in Taiwan. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wiw? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wiw is the 4,206,983rd most commonly used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 59 percent of Wiw are found; 55 percent are found in East Asia and 55 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. Wiw is also the 974,243rd most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 95 people.

The last name is most frequent in Taiwan, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 1,953,729. In Taiwan Wiw is mostly concentrated in: Tainan City, where 75 percent live and New Taipei City, where 25 percent live. Besides Taiwan Wiw exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 18 percent live and Indonesia, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wiwe86290/
Wiew8612/
Wiow863/
Wiwp863/
Weiw863/
Hwiw861/
Woiw861/
Whiw861/
Waiwe7540/
Weiwe753/
Hweiw751/
Waisw751/
Weihw751/
Wew67114/
Wjw6734/
Wif6719/
Wibowa6714/
Wyw6710/
Viw676/
Wiv675/
Uiw672/
Waiwhe671/
Wishws671/

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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 Wiw
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