Pewa Surname
Approximately 1,305 people bear this surname
Pewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 460 | 1:117,778 | 14,016 |
| DR Congo | 274 | 1:269,633 | 25,289 |
| Papua New Guinea | 208 | 1:39,201 | 4,741 |
| Indonesia | 131 | 1:1,009,536 | 73,900 |
| India | 127 | 1:6,039,885 | 141,381 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Pewa (552) may also be a first name.
Pewa Demographics
Average Pewa Salary in
South Africa
R 241,116
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Pewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pewa is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pewa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 292,829th most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 5,584,326 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Pewa reside; 38 percent reside in Southern Africa and 38 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Pewa is also the 358,282nd most numerous forename in the world It is held by 552 people.
Pewa is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 460 people, or 1 in 117,778. In South Africa Pewa is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 82 percent live, Gauteng, where 15 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa it exists in 22 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 21 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live.
Pewa Last Name Statistics demography
Pewa earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 1.46% more than the national average, earning R 241,116 per year.
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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 Pewa
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