Wiyu Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Wiyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
Wiyu (36) may also be a first name.
Wiyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wiyu occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wiyu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiyu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wiyu is the 5,812,366th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Wiyu occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 73 percent of Wiyu live; 73 percent live in Oceania Islands and 73 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wiyu is also the 1,717,090th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 36 people.
The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: West Sepik, where 88 percent reside and East Sepik, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea Wiyu is found in one country. It is also common in Taiwan, where 27 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 Wiyu
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