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 occurs in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Peweh? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Peweh occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Peweh are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.

Peweh is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 734,756. In Liberia Peweh is primarily concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 83 percent reside and Grand Cape Mount County, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Liberia it exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 14 percent reside.

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
  • 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 Peweh
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