Phwa Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Phwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Phwa (183) may also be a first name.
Phwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Phwa is found most frequently in Taiwan. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Phwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most common last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Phwa reside; 50 percent reside in East Asia and 50 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 673,127th most frequent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 183 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Taiwan, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 11,722,373. In Taiwan it is most common in: Taoyuan City, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Taiwan Phwa occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phway | 89 | 45 | / |
| Phwga | 89 | 4 | / |
| Phwad | 89 | 1 | / |
| Phwah | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pwa | 86 | 55 | / |
| Phweha | 80 | 5 | / |
| Phua | 75 | 30,818 | / |
| Phwe | 75 | 66 | / |
| Pwea | 75 | 54 | / |
| Pwai | 75 | 48 | / |
| Pway | 75 | 14 | / |
| Phva | 75 | 14 | / |
| Pwha | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pwau | 75 | 2 | / |
| Vhwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Phba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pfwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bpwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fhwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hvwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hwba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hwva | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pwaa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Phwj | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pehewai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phuay | 67 | 882 | / |
| Phuat | 67 | 623 | / |
| Phwjh | 67 | 36 | / |
| Hpway | 67 | 3 | / |
| Phwgi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phwee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phuad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pwahe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phvay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phwie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wphua | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Phwa
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