Peewe Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Peewe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peewe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia181:244,91915,115
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Peewe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Peewe is more frequently found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peewe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Peewe are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Liberia, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 244,919. In Liberia it is most common in: Montserrado County, where 56 percent reside, Nimba County, where 33 percent reside and Grand Cape Mount County, where 6 percent reside. Besides Liberia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent reside and South Africa, where 5 percent reside.

Peewe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Peewe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Peewe last name declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Powe677,843/
Pawe675,799/
Pebe671,718/
Peve671,462/
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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 Peewe
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