Pewell Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Pewell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pewell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Pewell Last Name Facts

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

Pewell occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pewell? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pewell is the 10,311,814th most common family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Pewell occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Pewell live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Pewell is most prevalent in: New Jersey, where 50 percent reside and Texas, where 50 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 33 percent reside.

Pewell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pewell has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pewell last name declined 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poewell924/
Piewell922/
Hpewell920/
Peuwell920/
Pewel911/
Pechwell861/
Pywell831,603/
Poewll8316/
Piwell836/
Pewele831/
Peswel831/
Pewill830/
Peuwel830/
Pebell830/
Pewl801/
Powwell778/
Powiell771/
Powoell771/
Paywell770/
Powuell770/
Powll7315/
Pawll736/
Pebel735/
Peebl731/
Poewl731/
Peawl730/
Peesweel711/
Peyvel6753/
Piwele6734/
Powill6724/
Pawiel671/
Phebel671/
Pawuel671/
Peavel671/
Powiel670/
Pawill670/

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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 Pewell
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