Pewing Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Pewing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pewing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon141:1,483,50583,777
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pewing Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pewing is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pewing? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pewing is the 5,057,639th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Pewing occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Pewing reside; 93 percent reside in Central Africa and 93 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon Pewing is most common in: Northwest Region, where 86 percent reside and South Region, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pewingh921/
Pawing8375/
Powing8310/
Piwing831/
Peweng831/
Pebing831/
Poywing773/
Pawieng771/
Phowing771/
Pawng7311/
Pibeng6764/
Paywng6710/
Pebeng672/
Paibing6214/
Paibeng629/
Pawaeng621/
Peebeng621/
Payuing621/
Pavng551/
Pawnq551/
Phethueng5312/
Phetthueng501/

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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 Pewing
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