Wiwit Surname

600,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 518 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Wiwit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wiwit Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia5081:260,33323,596
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wiwit (43,873) may also be a first name.

Wiwit Last Name Facts

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

Wiwit is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wiwit? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wiwit is the 600,164th most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 14,068,621 people. The last name Wiwit is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Wiwit live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 96 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 20,590th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 43,873 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 508 people, or 1 in 260,333. In Indonesia Wiwit is most prevalent in: West Java, where 23 percent live, Central Java, where 14 percent live and West Kalimantan, where 12 percent live. Not including Indonesia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 2 percent live and Algeria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waiwit91207/
Wiwite9112/
Wiwid80265/
Wiwet8054/
Wewit8010/
Wuwit801/
Waiwet73155/
Buiwit7312/
Biwitt732/
Wisuit732/
Weswit731/
Wiwhet731/
Wywait730/
Buiwitt6714/
Whewhit671/
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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 Wiwit
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