Pingwa Surname

613,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 503 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Pingwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pingwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1801:256,55517,284
Tanzania1801:294,12022,795
India1121:6,848,798152,966
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460

Pingwa (283) may also be a first name.

Pingwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pingwa is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pingwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 613,453rd most frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,488,163 people. Pingwa is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Pingwa are found; 72 percent are found in East Africa and 36 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Pingwa is also the 526,385th most frequently held forename globally It is held by 283 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 180 people, or 1 in 256,555. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Narok County, where 99 percent are found and Machakos County, where 1 percent are found. Not including Kenya this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 36 percent are found and India, where 22 percent are found.

Pingwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pingwai9221/
Ping'wa924/
Pingua8318,691/
Pengwa8377/
Pingba8359/
Pingwe8341/
Pingva8315/
Pingwi8314/
Pinkwa832/
Pengwah7757/
Pingweh7714/
Pinguat7711/
Pingwei779/
Pinghua773/
Pinngua771/
Pinguah771/
Pingkwo771/
Pinguha771/
Pingwoh771/
Pningua771/
Pin'gua771/
Pngua733/
Pinguaud7115/
Pinkways7111/
Pengweha711/
Pengwaha711/
Puinghua711/
Pingue67680/
Pengua67104/
Pingui6744/
Pinkua6732/
Pengwe674/
Pinguo674/
Pingbo672/
Penkwa672/
Pengba672/
Pimkwa671/
Pinguault671/
Pincua671/
Pengwo671/

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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 Pingwa
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