Ziwai Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Ziwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
Ziwai (217) may also be a first name.
Ziwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ziwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ziwai is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ziwai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,485,539th most frequent last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 72 percent of Ziwai are found; 72 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 72 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Ziwai is also the 612,983rd most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 217 people.
Ziwai is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 354,509. In Papua New Guinea Ziwai is primarily found in: Northern, where 52 percent live and Morobe, where 48 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 28 percent live.
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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 Ziwai
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