Pewon Surname

1,115,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 218 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Pewon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pewon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1221:1,451,99055,913
Thailand611:1,158,006169,912
Liberia341:129,6639,726
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Pewon (32) may also be a first name.

Pewon Last Name Facts

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

Pewon occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pewon? popularity and diffusion

Pewon is the 1,115,011th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. The last name Pewon is predominantly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Pewon live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Pewon is also the 1,840,253rd most widespread forename in the world, held by 32 people.

The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 1,451,990. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ondo, where 62 percent reside, Lagos, where 12 percent reside and Ogun, where 11 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 28 percent reside and Liberia, where 16 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phewon9194/
Pehwon9135/
Peawon9126/
Poewon9119/
Piewon9113/
Peewon917/
Paewon911/
Pewone911/
Pewwon911/
Peawong8378/
Phewoon837/
Phewoun836/
Phiewon832/
Peawoun831/
Peewong831/
Peiwoon831/
Piewoon831/
Phewong831/
Powon801,536/
Pawon80471/
Piwon80105/
Pewan8034/
Pebon805/
Pevon805/
Pewun803/
Pechwong7711/
Pheewong771/
Pheywong771/
Phewwong771/
Pheawong771/
Phiwon73499/
Piwong7339/
Paawon7334/
Peiwan7332/
Pehwan7315/
Powoon7314/
Piwoon7314/
Pewhom736/
Puiwon735/
Paewan733/
Piwoun732/
Phewan732/
Pewuan731/
Peboon731/
Pieuon731/
Phowon731/
Peyvon731/
Pawoun731/
Paiwon731/
Pevone731/
Peavon731/
Phechwong711/
Puiwong67588/
Paiwong6732/
Puywong6712/
Piswong673/
Phiwoon673/
Phewhom672/
Paywong672/
Peaboon672/
Peswant671/
Phaiwon671/
Peivone671/

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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 Pewon
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