Pasuwa Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Pasuwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pasuwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Pasuwa (128) may also be a first name.

Pasuwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pasuwa occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pasuwa? popularity and diffusion

Pasuwa is the 5,057,639th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 87 percent of Pasuwa are found; 87 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 87 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Pasuwa is also the 821,896th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 128 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Western Highlands, where 54 percent reside, Western, where 38 percent reside and Bougainville, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 7 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pashuwa9290/
Pasuwah921/
Passuwas861/
Paisuwat861/
Passouwa861/
Pazuwa83125/
Pasuba8360/
Pasuwe8322/
Posuwa8312/
Pesuwa8312/
Pasuva831/
Phaisuwat8078/
Pashuba7793/
Pashiwa7727/
Pajuway7718/
Pasueva777/
Possuwa775/
Pasuvah773/
Pachuwa772/
Pajouwa771/
Possuwah7162/
Pashueva7148/
Pachuwah718/
Paisuvat711/
Passoway711/
Payjuway711/
Passiwea711/
Pasubhai711/
Pazuva67119/
Pashouwer6729/
Pasubo6716/
Pasube675/
Pajuva672/
Pesuwo671/
Posuva671/

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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 Pasuwa
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