Perwar Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Perwar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Perwar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan1221:1,464,29416,074
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

Perwar (45) may also be a first name.

Perwar Last Name Facts

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

Perwar occurs in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Perwar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Perwar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,620,164th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Perwar reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,504,468th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 45 people.

This surname is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 1,464,294. In Pakistan Perwar is primarily found in: Gilgit-Baltistan, where 90 percent are found, Punjab, where 7 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 2 percent are found. Besides Pakistan this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pherwar921/
Peherwar862/
Parwar835,373/
Pervar8338/
Porwar8323/
Pirwar832/
Preware7713/
Peruare777/
Pervard776/
Parwaar775/
Pharwar773/
Parhwar771/
Parwarr771/
Pervear771/
Pirward771/
Pehervar7112/
Petruhar7111/
Peruhard7110/
Perworth711/
Prevar67127/
Porvar6717/
Pirwuartt676/
Pirvar675/
Pirbar672/
Perbor671/
Pirvare6224/
Pirhvar621/
Prevear621/
Pirbhar621/
Perveur620/
Pirworth572/
Parvar503,463/
Parvor50162/
Prevor50135/
Převor5044/
Prewor500/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Perwar
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis