Pingwe Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Pingwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pingwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Pingwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pingwe is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pingwe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,055,934th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Pingwe reside; 54 percent reside in Central Africa and 54 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

Pingwe is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Outside of The DR Congo Pingwe is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 24 percent reside and Tanzania, where 22 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pingweh9214/
Pingwei929/
Pingue83680/
Pingwa83503/
Pingwi8314/
Pengwe834/
Pngw801/
Pinguey7751/
Pengwei7742/
Pingwai7721/
Pinggue7713/
Pfengwe7712/
Piengue774/
Ping'wa774/
Pinkwey771/
Pingbey771/
Pingueh771/
Pengweha711/
Penghwee711/
Pengue67911/
Pinque67561/
Pengwa6777/
Pingui6744/
Pinkweiss673/
Pinkwa672/

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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 Pingwe
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