Pahuwa Surname
Approximately 2,171 people bear this surname
Pahuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,039 | 1:8,396 | 1,286 |
| Zimbabwe | 101 | 1:152,854 | 19,365 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pahuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pahuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pahuwa is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pahuwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 193,682nd most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 3,356,769 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Pahuwa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Pahuwa is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is carried by 2,039 people, or 1 in 8,396. Not including Malawi Pahuwa exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 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
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- 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 Pahuwa
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