Pauwa Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Pauwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 133 | 1:61,306 | 7,931 |
| Indonesia | 38 | 1:3,480,242 | 186,493 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Pauwa (92) may also be a first name.
Pauwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pauwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pauwa (Hindi: पौवा) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Pauwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Pauwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,248,410th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 72 percent of Pauwa are found; 72 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 72 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 992,070th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 92 people.
Pauwa is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 133 people, or 1 in 61,306. In Papua New Guinea Pauwa is mostly found in: Southern Highlands, where 38 percent live, Western Highlands, where 24 percent live and Enga, where 19 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 21 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pauwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pauwa in the Hindi language | ||
| पौवा | pauva | - |
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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 Pauwa
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