Yiw Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Yiw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Yiw (37) may also be a first name.
Yiw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yiw Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yiw is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yiw? popularity and diffusion
Yiw is the 3,665,662nd most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. Yiw occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Yiw are found; 86 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 62 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 37 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 6,297,581. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Bangka Belitung Islands, where 81 percent live and Papua, where 19 percent live. Besides Indonesia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 24 percent live and Malaysia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yiwe | 86 | 120 | / |
| Yiws | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yw | 80 | 142 | / |
| Iw | 80 | 52 | / |
| Iwe | 67 | 1,991 | / |
| Yiv | 67 | 1,882 | / |
| Yib | 67 | 1,765 | / |
| Ayw | 67 | 614 | / |
| Yif | 67 | 203 | / |
| Hiw | 67 | 92 | / |
| Jiw | 67 | 72 | / |
| Aiw | 67 | 58 | / |
| Iew | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ywe | 67 | 20 | / |
| Eiw | 67 | 17 | / |
| Ywh | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hyw | 67 | 9 | / |
| Yhw | 67 | 8 | / |
| Yww | 67 | 8 | / |
| Oyw | 67 | 7 | / |
| Oiw | 67 | 7 | / |
| Iwt | 67 | 7 | / |
| Iwh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ywf | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ysw | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ywt | 67 | 6 | / |
| Yvw | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ijw | 67 | 5 | / |
| Iwz | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ywp | 67 | 4 | / |
| Eyw | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ihw | 67 | 4 | / |
| Iwf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jyw | 67 | 3 | / |
| Uiw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uyw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Iww | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ivw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yibowa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Yiw
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