Phua Surname

17,918th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30,818 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Singapore
Highest density in:
Singapore

Phua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Singapore24,5621:22436
Malaysia4,1811:7,054875
Thailand5051:139,87821,795
Hong Kong3801:19,304436
Philippines2621:386,40550,155
United States2201:1,647,541109,999
Cambodia2151:72,0332,107
Australia1651:163,61016,947
England511:1,092,51152,584
New Zealand501:90,56612,574
China451:30,384,9241,604
Canada391:944,75971,777
Indonesia391:3,391,005183,158
Taiwan201:1,172,2378,044
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
India131:59,005,029552,550
Vietnam81:11,580,7572,851
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Brunei41:104,6832,048
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
France11:66,422,722504,397
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Phua (3,634) may also be a first name.

Phua Last Name Facts

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

Phua (Hindi: फुआ) occurs more in Singapore more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Phua click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Phua? popularity and diffusion

It is the 17,918th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 236,470 people. Phua occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Phua are found; 97 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 80 percent are found in Sinio-Southeast Asia. It is also the 117,200th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 3,634 people.

The surname Phua is most numerous in Singapore, where it is borne by 24,562 people, or 1 in 224. Besides Singapore this last name exists in 33 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 14 percent are found and Thailand, where 2 percent are found.

Phua Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Phua surname are 14.63% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 67.86% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Phua earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 30.85% more than the national average, earning $56,461 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.41% more than the national average, earning $58,832 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phuay89882/
Phuat89623/
Phuad891/
Wphua891/
Phuhat805/
Phuhad802/
Phuayi801/
Phuo75288/
Phva7514/
Pfua754/
Phwa754/
Whua752/
Vhua751/
Phba751/
Phuop67520/
Phway6745/
Phuot6743/
Uanphuea6726/
Hvuay6720/
Phwga674/
Phuos672/
Phvay671/
Phwad671/
Hvuat671/
Phwah671/
Whuah671/
Phuoy671/

Phua Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Phua in the Hindi language
फुआphu'a90.73
फूआphu'a9.27

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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 Phua
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