Pengwah Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritius
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Pengwah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pengwah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritius561:23,0974,635
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Pengwah Last Name Facts

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

Pengwah occurs more in Mauritius more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pengwah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,555,468th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Pengwah live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean.

This surname is most commonly used in Mauritius, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 23,097. In Mauritius it is most frequent in: Rivière du Rempart District, where 98 percent live and Pamplemousses District, where 2 percent live. Barring Mauritius it exists in one country. It is also common in Singapore, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pengwaha931/
Pengwa9277/
Penkwah867/
Penguah861/
Pingwa77503/
Pengua77104/
Penkwa772/
Pengba772/
Pengwo771/
Pengwei7142/
Pingwai7121/
Penghua716/
Ping'wa714/
Pengbai712/
Pingwoh711/
Pinguah711/
Penggua711/
Penghuat676/
Puengkua674/
Pngua673/
Puenghua671/
Penghuha671/

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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 Pengwah
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