Pewo Surname

1,321,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 170 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Pewo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pewo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon891:233,36023,225
United States601:6,040,982292,121
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Pewo Last Name Facts

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

Pewo is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pewo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,321,499th most widely held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Pewo are found; 53 percent are found in Central Africa and 53 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 233,360. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 54 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 35 percent reside and West Region, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 35 percent reside and Indonesia, where 11 percent reside.

Pewo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pewo surname are 38.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 85.71% registered with the political party.

Pewo earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 38.1% less than the national average, earning $26,710 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peuwo8974/
Pewou8931/
Peiwo8920/
Piewo8917/
Pewuo897/
Phewo892/
Pewoh892/
Pewgo891/
Peywo891/
Poewo891/
Pewho890/
Pewood805/
Piewoh802/
Pewoiz801/
Pechwo801/
Pewa751,305/
Powo75810/
Pawo75266/
Pebo75187/
Piwo75168/
Pevo7542/
Pywo751/
Phewhuo7356/
Phiewou731/
Peswood731/
Peawood731/
Phewa675,748/
Paewa67292/
Peebo67147/
Pawoh67144/
Pawoo67132/
Peywa6784/
Poywo6782/
Pebou6760/
Poiwo6759/
Pewat6759/
Paiwo6753/
Powoh6751/
Phawo6751/
Peiwa6739/
Peawa6733/
Pevos6729/
Pewah6725/
Peevo6723/
Pevoh6716/
Piewa6715/
Piwoh6713/
Peweu679/
Peybo678/
Piwoz677/
Phebo676/
Pawoi676/
Pevuo676/
Phiwo675/
Phowo674/
Pohwo674/
Powou674/
Pehwa673/
Poewa673/
Peibo673/
Pievo673/
Peuwa672/
Pewad672/
Peabo672/
Powoi671/
Pevot671/
Pesvo671/
Powoo671/
Pawho671/
Pewau671/
Piwot671/
Piwou671/
Peavo671/
Pewha671/
Piwos671/
Paevo670/
Poevo670/
Pevoy670/

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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 Pewo
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