Peweh Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Peweh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peweh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia61:734,75629,369
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Peweh Last Name Facts

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

Peweh is found most in Liberia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Peweh? popularity and diffusion

The last name Peweh is the 7,117,718th most frequent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Peweh live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Liberia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 734,756. In Liberia Peweh is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 83 percent live and Grand Cape Mount County, where 17 percent live. Apart from Liberia it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poeweh911/
Pewe89426/
Peeweeh831/
Pewee805,083/
Poweh8069/
Poewe8059/
Peawe8049/
Piewe8027/
Peuwe8024/
Peewe8021/
Pewei8010/
Peweu809/
Pewue808/
Pewey805/
Phewe805/
Pehwe803/
Paweh802/
Pewes802/
Pewie801/
Pewea801/
Pewez801/
Pewha801/
Peiwe801/
Piweh801/
Peewee73106/
Pewoue7311/
Pawieh7310/
Peiwei734/
Pewetz732/
Peyveh732/
Paweuh731/
Peuwea731/
Pheawe731/
Pheiwe731/
Pewuee731/
Piewee731/
Peewue731/
Peweey731/
Paweah731/
Peawee731/
Peswer731/
Pewwey731/
Phewer730/
Powe677,843/
Pawe675,799/
Pebe671,718/
Peve671,462/
Pewa671,305/
Pewi67348/
Piwe6757/
Peveich6718/
Pichweh6711/
Peshveh673/
Pöwe672/
Paiwech671/
Pewouet671/
Pewy671/
Peweitt671/
Pechwet671/

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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 Peweh
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