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
Pauwa (Hindi: पौवा) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Pauwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pauwa? popularity and diffusion
Pauwa is the 1,248,410th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 72 percent of Pauwa reside; 72 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 72 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Pauwa is also the 992,070th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 92 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 61,306. In Papua New Guinea Pauwa is mostly concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 38 percent are found, Western Highlands, where 24 percent are found and Enga, where 19 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 21 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.
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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